Decker v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John S. Decker, from a judgment of the-Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, the Erie Railroad Company, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orange on. the 12th day of June, 1902, upon the dismissal of the complaint, as-to said defendant, by direction of the court after a trial at the-Orange Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Hookeb, J.:
This action was brought against the Erie Railroad Company, the-respondent, and the Lehigh and Hew England Railroad Company. Each of these defendants appeared and answered separately. At the close of the plaintiff’s case a motion was made to dismiss the* complaint as to the Erie: Railroad. Company on the ground that there was no legal connection established between that company and the persons whose negligence it was claimed produced the accident.. This motion was granted, and from the judgment entered thereon . the plaintiff appeals to this court.'
The plaintiff was injured at a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McCafferty v. Duyvil & Port Morris RailroadCommission of Appeals · 1874
- Cain v. Syracuse, Binghamton & New York RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898