May v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Eeargument of an appeal by tlie defendant, The Mew York Central and Hudson Eiver Eailroad Company, from a judgment of the' Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Eockland on- the 21st day of April, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13tli day of May, 1909, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial niade upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:.The plaintiff’s intestate, eighteen years, old and experienced, was driving a wagonette westward across defendant’s tracks at twelve-thirty-seven o’clock A. m. on February twenty-third, when the wagon aft of the whiffletrees was struck by a south-bound train, the horses with harness released escaped uninjured, the driver and two persons sitting with him, and two of the three persons on each of the side seats in rear of the driver were killed, while two persons who Were sitting, one, Palmer, in' the last seat on the south side, and one, Miss *8Bird, who was sitting in the last seat…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Singer v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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