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STATE v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.

9 N.J. 194 (1952)

87 A.2d 709

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 31, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Molineux argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Alex Eber, Prosecutor, Middlesex County, attorney).

Mr. John E. Toolan argued the cause for respondent (Messrs. Toolan, Haney & Romond, attorneys).

The opinion of the court was delivered by WACHENFELD, J.

Eighty-four lives were lost in an unusually disastrous accident when a railroad train operated by the defendant was hurled from a trestle over which it was traveling in Middlesex County. The grand jury investigation resulted in 84 separate indictments being returned against the defendant, each for the crime of manslaughter, each charging the defendant "did feloniously kill and slay" one of the persons killed...

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