Vroom v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson Elver Bailroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 27th day of May, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of May, 1908, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, J.:
The plaintiff’s intestate, Benjamin H. Vroom, whose death, it is contended on her part was caused through the negligence of the defendant, was a workman employed by the defendant as a brakeman on a construction train. He lived in the city of Buffalo. The construction train worked on the West Shore branch near Despatch, just east of Bochester.
He had been at work there on this train for some months. It was customary for him to go home Saturdays a,nd return Sundays. He had gone home on the Saturday before the accident and was on his way back Sunday evening, when a collision occurred…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Vick v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Schradin v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Schradin v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.New York Supreme Court · 1907
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- Montalbano v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
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