Woodworth v. New York Central Rd.

At the close of plaintiff’s evidence and again at the close of all the evidence, The New York Central Railroad Company, hereinafter, called railroad company, and The American Pork & Hoe Company, hereinafter called the fork and hoe company, each made motions for a directed verdict in its favor, which motions were overruled.

The defendants now insist that those motions should have been sustained on the grounds that there was no negligence proven against them, and that the plaintiff’s decedent was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

In reviewing the record bearing upon these…