Van Riper v. New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummehe, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in this case sued to recover compensation for injuries received by him, on an evening in December, at the crossing of the defendant company’s railroad and Yreeland avenue, in the city of Paterson, in a collision between one of the company’s trains, running on the westbound track, and a wagon in which the plaintiff was driving. The jury having, rendered a verdict in his favor, the trial justice allowed a rule to show cause why it should not be set aside.

The plaintiff’s description of the way in which the accident…