Legal Opinion

Hinsdale v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 15, 1903PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the. county of New York on the 26th day of Hay, 1902, upon the verdict of a. jury for $40,000, and also from an order entered ■ in said clerk’s .office on the 29th day of Hay, 1902, denying said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

The plaintiff’s testator was killed in a railroad accident caused by a collision between trains of the .defendant railroad corporations, and his executrix brought this action to recover for the damages sustained thereby to his next of kin. The deceased had been employed by the Horton Trust Company and its predecessor in business, Horton, Bliss & Co., for about thirty-two years, and .had risen from an office boy to the position which he held at the time of his death. The defendant, the New York Central and Hudson Hiver Railroad Company, admitted that the decedent’s death was…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gilliard v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  2. Wilkinson v. BoehmAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
  3. Horton v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1966
  4. Riley v. Capital Airlines, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Austin v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905

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