Grosvener v. New York Cent. Railroad Co.

* NOTE: Opinion filed at May Term, 1938, August 17, 1938; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled at September Term, December 20, 1938. Larry F. Grosvener instituted this action against the New York Central Railroad Company, a corporation, seeking a judgment of $60,000 for personal injuries under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (35 Stat., pp. 65, 66, 45 U.S.C.A., p. 92 et seq.). He obtained a verdict and judgment for $4000 and prosecutes this appeal, asserting reversible error in the refusal and giving of instructions and the inadequacy of the verdict.

Plaintiff was injured on August…