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Lydon, Adm'X v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.

June 1, 1898 - Opinion

Unanimous

Coös,

June, 1898,

Lydon, Adm’x, v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.

Case, for negligence, by the administratrix of the estate of an employee of the defendants. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. At the close of the evidence, subject to the defendant’s exception, the court denied their motion to direct a verdict in their favor.

Albert 8. Twitchell, for the plaintiff.

Robert N. Chamberlin and Clarence A. Hight (of Maine), for the defendants.

Pike, J.

There was no evidence upon which a jury could properly find that the plaintiff’s intestate was ignorant of any fact material to his safety.

Verdict set aside: judgment for the defendants.

Wallace, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

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