Parulo v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Motion by defendant to set aside the verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff and for a new trial, on the grounds that the verdict is contrary to the evidence and law and upon the exceptions taken upon the trial.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
This action has been twice tried. On the first trial the jury disagreed. On the second trial the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $3,000. On the evening of November P, 1903, the plaintiff, who was working as a stone mason at a place called “Rock Hill,” a few miles north of Perkasie, a station on defendant’s railroad, being at Perkasie and desiring to go to his home, and having five pounds of meat in a package, went down to the station. He claims that as he arrived close to the station he found a freight train at a standstill, with the 'engine near the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. PutnamSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- White v. . HoytNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- People v. . KoernerNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Doyle v. Union Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. Philadelphia & Reading RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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- Gerulis v. ViensSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931