Orendorf v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Oehtral. and Hudson Eiver Bailroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of. the clerk of the county of Herkimer on the lltli day of April, 19-06, upon the -verdict of a. jury for. $2,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of April, 1906, denying the defendant’s -motion-for a new trial'made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Robson, J.:
The cause of action, upon which plaintiff, as the administratrix of Henry Orendorf, whose widow she alleges she is, has recovered *639the judgment, from which this appeal is taken, is based upon the claim that intestate’s death was caused solely by the negligence of defendant. The answer raised the issues usual in such cases, and . among those which were actively litigated was the question of the amount .of damages which the widow and next of kin had in fact • sustained by reason of intestate’s death.
Plaintiff claimed to be the widow of deceased; but it was admitted on the trial that…
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