Ford v. . the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Buffalo in favor of plaintiff, entered upon an order made July 13, 1888, which denied a motion for a new trial, overruled exceptions, and directed judgment on a verdict, exceptions having been ordered to be tried at first instance at General Term. This action was brought to recover damages for alleged negligence causing the death of George Ford, plaintiff’s intestate.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Buffalo in favor of plaintiff, entered upon an order made July 13, 1888, which denied a motion for a new trial, overruled exceptions, and directed judgment on a verdict, exceptions having been ordered to be tried at first instance at General Term. This action was brought to recover damages for alleged negligence causing the death of George Ford, plaintiff’s intestate. The decedent was a switchman in defendant’s employ, and while engaged in the performance of his duty was struck and killed by timber which fell from a…
1Opinion of the Court
Earl, J.,
reads for reversal and new trial; Finch, Peckham and Gray, JJ., concur; Danforth, J., reads for affirmance; Ruger, Ch. J., and Andrews, J., concur.
Judgment reversed.
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