Mars v. President of Delaware
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Albany county. Action by Louise F. Mars against the president, managers, and company of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.
Plaintiff, while lawfully on a regular passenger train of defendant, on May 20, 1884, was injured by its collision with a “ wild-cat” engine. The “wild-cat” engine was left that evening about 7 o’clock, standing upon a side track two tracks east of the down main track, upon which the collision occurred, with its fire banked, in charge of an employe, (one McFarland,) whose duty it was to keep water in the boiler and take general *108charge of it overnight. About 1 A. m. McFarland left the engine standing upon said side track, and went north several hundred feet to a switch shanty. While there the…
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