Murphy v. . N.Y. Cent. Hudson R.R.R. Co.

There is no material difference between the facts of this case and those of the case of Brassell v. N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co. (84 N.Y. 241), in which it appears that the deceased there was killed by the same accident, and hence upon the authority of that case this judgment must be affirmed, unless the exception taken by the counsel for the defendant to proof by the plaintiff of the necessary funeral expenses of the deceased was well taken. Section 2 of chapter 450 of the Laws of 1847, as amended by chapter 78 of the Laws of 1870, provides that the amount to be recovered in every case like this…