Emens v. Lehigh Valley R.
District Court, N.D. New York
At Law. Action by Edgar A. Emens, as executor of the last will of Martha E. Emens, deceased, against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. .On motion by defendant to set aside verdict and for new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
On the 28th day of August, 1910, Edgar A. Emens, Mrs. Edgar A. Emens, his wife, and Martha E. Emens, his sister, with Carl M. Kilmer, the chauffeur, were riding in an automobile and proceeding on the Lake Road, so called, a public highway in a direction generally somewhat east of north, and while crossing the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, this defendant, at what is known as the Swarthout Crossing, the rear end of the automobile was struck by an engine drawing a train of seven or nine cars running on said tracks -in a direction somewhat west of north, and…
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