ACTION AGAINST THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY: This was an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an accident which occurred at Stoke station the 29th of March last. — Mr. H. Matthews, Q.C., and Mr. Alfred Young (instructed Messrs. Barlow, Smith, and Pinsent, Birmingham) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Staveley Hill. Q.C., and Mr. Jackson (instructed Messrs. Keary and Marshall) of Stoke for the defendant … … Since the accident he had suffered from concussion of the brain and severe nervous shock, and the medical men were of the opinion that his recovery might be protracted for years, and that very likely he would never be so good a man again. …
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