Legal Opinion
Candee v. Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 1914PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Motion by defendant for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBissell, J.
A careful review of the evidence in this case convinces me that it is my duty to set aside the verdict of the jury and grant the defendant a new trial. The undisputed facts seem to establish the contributory negligence of the plaintiff.
The plaintiff at nine o’clock on the morning of September 9, 1911, a bright clear day, arrived at Keating Summit, Penn., on a train which ran into the station of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Company, with the intention of proceeding northerly to Port Allegany upon a train of the defendant, whose station was near but west of the station of the former…
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- White v. . New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
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