Boyle v. New York & New England Railroad

This is an action for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. The case was tried by the judge below without a jury. He found the facts specially, and ruled that upon them the plaintiff was not entitled to maintain her action. If this ruling was correct, it is unnecessary to consider whether the rulings asked for the plaintiff were correct or not. The facts, briefly stated, were that the plaintiff’s intestate was conductor of a switching crew in the defendant’s yard; having charge of all movements of cars within or about the yard; and that while he was acting as such on May 18, 1886,…