Lehigh Valley R. v. Quereau
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Action at law by Nellie J. Quereau and Jennie P. Pratt, administrators with the will annexed of the estate of Wilson R. Quereau, deceased, against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The parties will be referred to as below. On October 16, 1918, plaintiffs? intestate, while crossing Rude street, in the village of Weedsport, Cayuga county, N. Y., was struck by a north-bound passenger train and instantly killed. At the time he was driving a horse attached to a buggy with the top up and the side curtains down. Before his advance to the crossing, he had stopped at a house along the highway, 275 feet from the point where he met his death. There he talked with a friend for about 5 minutes. The last seen of him by any eyewitness was his proceeding toward…
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