Harrison v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.

The action is brought by the administratrix of a servant against master for negligence causing death. It was claimed that the deceased, a freight brakeman on the defendant's road, was struck by a bridge which passed over the road, hurled from the train and killed. Evidence was given to the effect that at the time of the accident the telltales required by the statute to give warning of approach to the bridge were defective, and no question is made on this appeal that the defendant's negligence was not a question of fact for the jury. The accident happened in the afternoon of a clear summer's…