Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1912

Sullivan v. Rockland, Thomaston & Camden Steel Railway

Sullivan v. Rockland, Thomaston & Camden Steel Railway
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided December 4, 1912
109 Me. 570; 85 A. 55; 1912 Me. LEXIS 158

Sullivan v. Rockland, Thomaston & Camden Steel Railway

Opinion of the Court

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of Sortir Theodos, plaintiff’s intestate. Sortir was one of a crew of men who, on the 23d day of December, 1910, under charge of William Walker, foreman, went to work for defendant discharging a cargo of coal in defendants’ cars at the wharf at Glencove, in town of Rockport, Me. The evidence shows that the accident *571which caused the death of plaintiff’s intestate, was due to, or contributed to, by a fellow servant. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, the presiding Justice ordered a nonsuit and the plaintiff excepted to said order. Exceptions overruled.

Philip Howard, for plaintiff. A. S. Littlefield and Alan L. Bird, for defendant.

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