Bush v. . D., L. W.R.R. Co.

This action was to recover damages occasioned by the death of the plaintiff's intestate, which was alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The defendant owns and operates a railroad running from Owego to Ithaca. It was built in 1849. Before its construction a highway existed leading from the Coddington road across the valley of the Six Mile creek to the Catskill turnpike. The railroad was constructed across this highway which was cut down about twenty-two feet below its surface, and the defendant erected a bridge over the cut. From the time the bridge was erected until…