Borders v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case alleging negligence on the part of the defendant company in operating its cars. Verdict for plaintiff. Defendant filed motion for new trial; also exceptions to certain rulings of presiding Justice, and to refusal of court to grant certain requested instructions. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
The plaintiff was injured in a collision with one of the defendant’s trains where its track crosses Atlantic Avenue in Old Orchard, and brought this suit for damages occasioned thereby. He recovered a verdict, and the defendant brings the case here on a motion for a new trial and on exceptions to instructions given to the jury and refusals to instruct.
The Exceptions. The bill of exceptions contains no statement whatever of the issues and contentions in the case. Not even is the evidence made a part of the bill. The court has had occasion repeatedly to advise the profession that the excepting…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Smith v. Wabash RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
- Coulter v. . American Merchants' Un. Ex. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. MartinIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Schultz v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- McGrath v. . N.Y. Cen. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Hackett v. Maine Central RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1946
- Kimball v. BretonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1958
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