Hawthorne v. New York Central Railroad

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of White county which followed direction of a verdict in favor of defendants, New York Central Railroad Company, a corporation, and John Franklin, the engineer on the train, and as against Ernest Hawthorne, administrator of the estate of Robert Walter Hawthorne, deceased.

The action arose by reason of a suit filed by the administrator for damages occasioned by the death of Robert Walter Hawthorne, and the loss of the automobile of the deceased. The complaint originally was filed against the Railroad and certain employees of the train crew,…