Turnier v. New York Central Railroad

Morschauser, J.:

The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff in this case. A motion was made by the defendant to set aside the verdict.

On July 21, 1921, at about eight o’clock standard time in the early evening of a clear day, a north-bound train of defendant was passing over a private crossing at Valhalla. When the caboose of this train was about five or ten feet north of the crossing,plaintiff’s intestate, going in a westerly direction, crossed the northbound track traveling at a normal gait. When she arrived between the rails of the south-bound track she was struck and instantly killed by…