Burchard v. . Payne
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 12, 1921, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict and granting a new trial in an action to recover for the death of plaintiffs’ testator alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of defendant.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 12, 1921, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict and granting a new trial in an action to recover for the death of plaintiffs’ testator alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of defendant. Testator was killed when an automobile in which he was riding with others ran off a bridge erected by the Albany and Susquehanna railroad to carry the highway over its tracks in the town of Duanesburgh, and since altered and maintained by its…
1Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed and -judgment absolute ordered against appellants on the stipulation, with costs in all courts; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Hogan, Cardozo, Found and McLaughlin, JJ. Dissenting: Crane and Andrews, JJ.
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