Atlantic City Railroad v. Goodin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Collins, J.

The writ of error in this cause removes a judgment for damages recovered on verdict under the Death act. The chief complaint is that the trial judge refused to decide, as matter of law, that the decedent was guilty of negligence contributing to his death, but submitted the question of such negligence to the jury as one of fact. The defendant operates a double-track railroad between Camden and Atlantic City. At Lawnside, one of its regular stopping-places for accommodation trains, the station adjoins the westbound track. Outside the eastbound…