Davis v. New York Central Rd.

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment for plaintiff against the defendant in the amount of $12,000. A jury had returned a verdict for plaintiff for the sum of $16,000, upon which a remittitur of all over $12,000 was ordered and accepted.

Defendant, appellant herein, assigns 13 errors.

The action was instituted by the administratrix of the estate of Mamie Hollingsworth for damages for wrongful death suffered when an automobile in which she was riding as a passenger was struck by a locomotive operated by defendant company. The collision occurred at a crossing of defendant company…