Lewis v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the supreme court, general term, second department, affirming judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury and from an order denying a motion for new trial made on the minutes.
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
We see no reason to doubt the correctness of the action of the trial court in refusing a nonsuit and submitting to the jury the «questions of negligence as questions of fact
The only important exception grows out of the repeal of § 7 of chap. 282, Laws of 1854. That section accomplished two things. It imposed upon railroad companies the duty of ringing the bell of the engine or blowing the whistle at eighty rods from the crossing at grade of a travelled public road, and made the companies responsible for damages resulting from that omission ; and then it made the engineer, who should omit the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Speir v. . Town of New UtrechtNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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