Moore v. Camden & Trenton Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hendrickson, J.

This was an action of tort brought by a husband and wife for certain assaults and batteries alleged to *499have been inflicted upon the wife by the defendant railway company, its agents and servants - while engaged in erecting a trolley pole upon her land and premises at or near the corner of Grand and Beatty streets, in the city of Trenton. The trial judge directed a 'nonsuit as to the defendant railway company and another, and a verdict for the plaintiff was directed against the Mercer Construction Company, an independent contractor,…