Henson v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.
New York Supreme Court
Action by Eva Henson, administratrix of William S. Henson, deceased, against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. There was a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff moves for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
Plaintiff’s intestate was a brakeman in the employ of the defendant, and working on its division running from Geneva to Naples, N. Y. On the 23d day of December, 1905, he had made his usual trip to Naples, leaving Geneva in the morning and returning in the evening. There is a station on the outskirts of the city of Geneva *120called the “Pre-emption Road Crossing,” and the train on which plaintiff’s intestate was a brakeman arrived at the station about 6 o’clock in the evening. The train stopped to permit passengers to leave the car, ánd then the conductor signaled to Henson, who was the rear…
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