Smith v. New York Cent. & H. R. Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Rensselaer county. Action Tby Emma Smith, as administratrix, against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff was nonsuited, and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
This action was prosecuted by the plaintiff, as administratrix of John Smith, deceased, an employé on a passenger train of the defendant’s railroad, who was killed by a collision between the train on whichjie was employed and another train on the defendant’s road. The plaintiff’s intestate was a fireman on a locomotive engine of the defendant, attached to a passenger train required by the defendant’s time schedule to run from Dutchess Junction to Fishkill, two stations on the defendant’s railroad, at about the rate of 103 miles an hour. This time schedule was in the possession both of the…
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