Whitcomb v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

These two actions were tried and have been argued together. They are brought to recover for injuries caused by and damages arising out of a collision of trains on the defendant’s *441road at Sharon Heights, on August 24, 1898. Both the plaintiff and his wife, Virginia H. Whitcomb, were injured, and it is claimed by the plaintiff tffat a sum of money belonging to him was lost at the time of the collision from a handbag carried by his wife.

The first action is for the plaintiff’s personal injuries and for the money in the handbag belonging to him. The second action is for loss of the services and…