Smith v. New York & Harlem Railroad
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial. The cause was before the court upon a case containing the proceedings and exceptions on the trial, all of which, together with the issues raised by the pleadings, are folly stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court. Slosson, J.
The action is brought by the - widow, as administratrix of Timothy St. John Smith, an engineer in the employ of the Hew York and Hew Haven R. R. Co., to recover, under the statute, damages to the widow and two infant children, occasioned by his death, in consequence of the alleged. negligence of the defendants in not providing a proper switch at a point of their road at the Melrose station, in Westchester "county, between Hew York city and Williams’ Bridge, the road between which points was used by the Hew Haven Co. for the running of theip cars with the consent of the defendants, and for a…
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