BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD v. O'REILLY

No. 197.

158 U.S. 334 (1895)

BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD COMPANY v. O'REILLY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel Hoar for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles W. Needham, Mr. John B. Cotton, and Mr. Frank L. Washburn for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.

The first three specifications of error complain of the action of the court in permitting the plaintiff O'Reilly to testify as to what he had made out of his business for several years before the accident, and to give an estimate of how much he made annually by his own individual exertion; and also, in view of the fact that he had sold the business, good will, and everything...

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