Driscoll v. Public Service Transportation Co.
Driscoll v. Public Service Transportation Co.
Opinion of the Court
This suit was brought to recover damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff Minnie Driscoll, and incidental damages to her husband Maurice Driscoll. At the time of the injuries sued for, on the 18th of January, 1926, the plaintiff Minnie Driscoll was a passenger in a jitney bus of the defendant the Public Service Transportation Company, which was being operated along Marshall street, at or near Third ■street, in the city of Elizabeth, when it collided with a trolley car of the defendant the Public Service Railway Companjr, causing the injuries to the plaintiff Minnie Driscoll. Negligence is charged against both companies. The jury so found. 'The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff Minnie Driscoll for $7,500, and for the plaintiff Maurice Driscoll for $1,500, against both defendants.
The defendants obtained a rule to show cause and write down seven reasons for a new trial. The first two reasons are objections to testimony. Three to six, exceptions to the
If the plaintiffs will remit the excess, the verdicts may stand for those amounts, otherwise, the rule to show cause will be made absolute.
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