Hoffman v. . New York Central and Hudson River Rd. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
This was an action for alleged negligence causing the death of Margaret Hoffman, plaintiff’s intestate. (Reported below, 13 Hun, 589.) Plaintiff’s evidence tended to establish the following facts : On December 16,1875, the deceased with two small children took passage on defendant’s road from Syracuse to Amboy, Defendant’s depot at the latter place is located on the south side of its tracks, and about seventy feet west from a highway running north and south, which crossed…
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This was an action for alleged negligence causing the death of Margaret Hoffman, plaintiff’s intestate. (Reported below, 13 Hun, 589.) Plaintiff’s evidence tended to establish the following facts : On December 16,1875, the deceased with two small children took passage on defendant’s road from Syracuse to Amboy, Defendant’s depot at the latter place is located on the south side of its tracks, and about seventy feet west from a highway running north and south, which crossed the track ; there were four in number. There is a path along the south side of the tracks leading from the highway to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Folger, J.,
reads for affirmance of order and for judgment absolute against defendant on stipulation.
Church, Ch. J., Raparlo and Miller, JJ., concur; Earl and Hand, JJ., dissent; Andrews, J., absent.
Order affirmed and judgment accordingly.
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