Supreme Court of New Jersey June 11, 1900 (Hoopes v. West Jersey & Seashore Railroad)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

This action was instituted by the plaintiff' to recover damages for injuries sustained by him by being run down by a train at a highway crossing over the defendant company’s railroad, at West Haddonñeld, on the evening of February 9th, 1899.