Soule v. New York & New Haven Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on the case, brought by Augustus Soule, administrator on the estate of James H. Gray, deceased, against the New York and New Haven railroad company.
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This was an action on the case, brought by Augustus Soule, administrator on the estate of James H. Gray, deceased, against the New York and New Haven railroad company. The part of the declaration material in the present case was as follows : “the defendants so carelessly, unskilfully, and negligently behaved, and conducted themselves in the premises, that while the train, with the said Gray therein, was passing and being propelled upon, over and along, the defendants’ said road, viz.: on the said 6th day of May, in the town of Norwalk, a part of said train, with the said Gray therein, was…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
On the 6th of May, 1853, James H. Gray, of Springfield, took passage at New York, on board the defendants’ cars for New Haven. At Norwalk, in the course of the passage, by reason of the cars being precipitated through a draw bridge, owing to the negligence of the defendants’ agents, Mr. Gray lost his life, and to recover damages for this loss, the plaintiff, as administrator, brings *577his action, on the case. The demurrer to the declaration presents to us this preliminary question: can the plaintiff, as representative of Mr. Gray, maintain this action ? At common law, it is agreed that the…
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