Copson v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff while a passenger on the defendant’s train. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Blodgett, J., who found for the plaintiff in the sum of $15,000; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The defendant excepted to the refusal to rule that the plaintiff could not recover. The defendant’s passenger express train ran itito the end of an accommodation train as it was on the point of moving away from the station at' Hyde Park at about half past five o’clock in the afternoon of October 24, 1895. The occurrence of such an accident, unexplained, is some evidence -of negligence of the defendant or its servants. White v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 144 Mass. 404. Mahoney v. New York New England Railroad, 160 Mass. 573, 579. Hennessy v. Boston, 161 Mass. 502.
There was evidence to warrant a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mayo v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- White v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Maguire v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Caron v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Hennessy v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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- Reynolds v. Narragansett Electric Lighting Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1904
- Bartlebaugh v. Pennsylvania Ry. Co.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1948
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