Legal Opinion
Lee v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 15, 1935Published
1Opinion of the CourtEdgcomb, J.
In the early morning of August 25, 1933, JoSie Lee, a young girl eighteen years of age, was struck and killed by a passenger train of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at a highway crossing near Fraiikhnville, .H, Y. A jury has found that her untimely death was occasioned by the negligence of the railroad company, and has awarded the plaintiff a verdict in the slim of $6,000. Defendant appeals.
Decedent was on her way to Philadelphia at the tiiné in an automobile owned and driven by her brother. She sat on thé rear seat with two companions. The highway át this point runs alongside the railroad…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Warner v. . the New York Cen. R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Chrystal v. . Troy Boston R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Maher v. BenedictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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