New Jersey & N. Y. R. Co. v. Young
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
On Writ of Error from Circuit Court, Eastern District of New York. Action by William 11. Young against the New Jersey & New York Railroad Company, for damages for personal injuries. The cause was originally brought in the supreme court of New York, and subsequently removed to the federal court. Verdict and judgment wore there rendered for plaintiff, and a new trial was denied. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Wallace, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error by the defendant in the original suit to review a judgment for the plaintiff rendered upon a verdict of the jury. The plaintiff, a fireman in the employ of the defendant, while firing the locomotive of an express train on the defendant’s railway on a trip from Jersey City to TIaverstraw, was injured by a collision between his train and some cars upon a side track of the railway. The side track was not disconnected from the main track at the time, and this fact was indicated by a danger signal of a red light, indicating that the switch was open. A…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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