Rhodehouse v. Director General of Railroads

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kalisch, J.

The plaintiff’s decedent was killed on December 26th, 1919, while crossing the tracks of the Erie Bail-road Company, at Ilohokus station, in Bergen county. An action by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages for negligently causing the death of the decedent resulted in a verdict for $25,000 in favor of the plaintiff.

The legal propriety of this verdict is questioned here under a rule to show cause obtained by tire defendant why the verdict should not be set aside.

The reasons presented by the counsel of defendant to that end…