Hallett v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Minnie E. Hallett and another, as administrators of Edgar A. Hallett, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of: New York on the 22d day of April,. 1898, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
On the 3d day of August, 1895, Edgar A. Hallett, a locomotive engineer in the employment of the defendant, was killed, and this *124action was brought to recover damages for the pecuniary injuries sustained by the widow and next of kin upon the ground that his death was caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant. Upon the trial, at the close of the plaintiff’s ease, the complaint was dismissed, and from the judgment thereafter entered the plaintiffs have appealed,
' The evidence introduced upon the .trial established that, on the morning of the day of the accident,, Hallett…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wyllie v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Higgins v. . Western Union Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- McInerney v. President, Managers & Co. of Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- Reed v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901