Kent v. . Erie R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered October 80, 1913, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as mate-. rial, are stated in the opinion. It was reversible error for the court to charge the jury that “ if the plaintiff was not required in the discharge of his duties to the defendant to board such train, he cannot recover.”
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered October 80, 1913, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as mate-. rial, are stated in the opinion. It was reversible error for the court to charge the jury that “ if the plaintiff was not required in the discharge of his duties to the defendant to board such train, he cannot recover.” (Noonan v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 42 N. Y. S. R. 41; 131 N. Y. 594; Sprong v. B. & A. R. R. Co., 58 N. Y. 56; Butler v.…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
In June, 1909, the Erie Railroad Company was engaged in raising its roadbed and putting in a side track in Livingston county on its line between the cities of Homell and Buffalo. For the purpose of doing that work, dirt and gravel were brought by means of a gravel train and deposited between the two main tracks of said railroad. The plaintiff was employed as a brakeman on such gravel train. He had been employed as a brakeman by the defendant prior to June, 1909, for a time aggregating about fourteen months. On the morning of June 15 such gravel train stood on the eastbound track at a point…
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