Glynn v. Central Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to a brakeman employed by the New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad Company, while at work upon a train of that road at Stoning-ton, Connecticut, a station twelve miles east of New London. Trial in the Superior Court, before Aiken, J., who, at the request of the defendant, directed a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is an action for personal injuries. The plaintiff was at work for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company, at Stonington, Connecticut, and was engaged in coupling a train to a car belonging to the defendant when his sleeve was caught by a bolt projecting from the deadwood of the car and his hand was crushed. We assume that the car was in such a condition that, apart from the question of *511notice, it would have warranted a finding that the defendant was liable, had the car been in its possession and the plaintiff in its employ. We assume further, without deciding, that the…
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