Latremouille v. Bennington & Rutland Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for the negligence of the defendant resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. Trial by jury at the September term, 1890, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The facts appear in the opinion.
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Case for the negligence of the defendant resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. Trial by jury at the September term, 1890, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The facts appear in the opinion. The second, seventh and eighth requests were as follows : “2. The fact that the deceased was injured under the cars in the line of his duty raises no presumption that the railway company was negligent in any of the respects claimed. Y. If Latremouille, when he went to repair the car in question, knew, or by the exercise of ordinary observation…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
ROSS, C. J.
This is an action to recover damages, suffered by the widow and next kin of Solomon Latremouille resulting from his death, claimed to have been caused by the neglect of the defendant, in whose employ he was at the time of the accident causing his death. The neglect complained of was that it did not furnish the deceased a safe place to work, and did not employ and furnish competent and sufficient fellow servants to assist him in that work. At the time of his death, the deceased was, and had been, a car inspector and repairer for the defendant *341…
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