Van Inwegen v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Erie Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orange on the 18th day of February, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury for $16,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the ¿1st day of February, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The action is for negligence on the part of the defendant, resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, and has resulted in a Verdict for the plaintiff. Appeal comes to this court from the *298judgment and from an order denying a motion for a new trial on the minutes.
Plaintiff’s intestate was a railroad engineer. He had brought a passenger train from Jersey City to Port Jervis. At this point he detached his engine from the trajn, ran down the main track for a considerable distance and turned in on a siding, backing his engine down and upon a second siding running parallel…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Edgerton v. . New York Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Duhme v. . Hamburg-American Packet Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Adams v. Union Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
3Cited by5 opinions
- Cott v. . Erie R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Schonleben v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Cott v. Erie RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Curtis v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Retter v. Olean Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910