Dillon v. Connecticut River Railroad
Dillon v. Connecticut River Railroad
Opinion of the Court
This is an action, under the Pub. Sts. c. 112, § 212, for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, Dacey. Dacey was killed by a train running off the track while he was in a water-closet, which there was evidence tending to show to have been built without right within the defendant’s location. The jury were instructed that, if Dacey was a trespasser, the defendant owed him no duty beyond abstaining from reckless or wanton conduct toward him. The jury found for the defendant ; and the plaintiff excepted. If Dacey had been on the defendant’s track, there is no question that the ruling would have
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- Thomas Dillon v. Connecticut River Railroad Company
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- Published