Nice poetry
> On Jun 12, 2018, at 10:08 PM, Rupert Gamlen <gamlenz@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> As things are a bit quiet, here is a report from Railway Review 1894.
>
> A decidedly novel decision was lately handed down in the United States
> circuit court at Council Bluffs. It appears that a Mrs. Honey, while on her
> way to the depot at Red Oak. Ia., a station on the C., B. & Q. R. R., was run
> over and permanently crippled by a switch engine. She sued the Burlington
> road, and her husband sued the same road. Her suit was for pain and suffering
> endured by her and the injuries caused to her person. His suit was for loss
> of society of his wife and her aid in taking care of the household and for
> expense of medical attendance, etc., during his wife's illness consequent
> upon the accident.
>
> Judge Shiras instructed the jury that before a judgment could be found
> against the company in either case the jury must find if the injury was
> caused by the negligence of the company; and that if the negligence of Mrs.
> Honey contributed to the injury, Mrs. Honey could not recover. Her
> negligence defeated her recovery. But that Mr. Honey could recover if the
> company was negligent, even though his wife's negligence contributed to the
> injury. Her contributory negligence would not defeat her husband's right to
> recover damages. The two suits were tried together and the jury refused to
> give Mrs. Honey any damages, but gave Mr Honey $3,000 damages.
>
>
> And my take on the situation -
>
> Mrs Honey sued for money,
> But the jury said
> She and the Q were both to blame
> So she would get no bread*
>
> Her other half was missing out
> On homely things and aid
> To run the household without her
> He felt he should be paid
>
> The fault lay with the Burlington
> The jurymen agreed
> The foreman replied to the judge
> The husband is in need
>
> Of cash to pay the doctor's bills
> And help to do the cooking
> He knew the error was his wife's
> Because she was not looking
>
> But when he comes home from his work
> His wife is on her back
> She cannot make him comfortable
> Because she crossed the track
>
> The switcher could have stopped for her
> The negligence is clear
> The jury liked the husband's case
> He'll get his justice here
>
> The railroad clearly was at fault
> But so was Mrs Honey
> So unlike his poor crippled wife
> The husband gets the money
>
> (* rhyming slang
> "bread & honey" - money)
>
>
>
>
> <winmail.dat>
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