Case ID: ny-sup-ct_11/html/0277-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Boardman, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

LEAH J. INGERSOLL, Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY, Respondent.
    Appeal from an order of the Special' Term, granting a new trial after verdict for the plaintiff. The action was to recover damages caused by the defendant’s running over and killing plaintiff’s intestate. The answer set up a special denial' and contributory negligence on the part of the intestate.
    The General Term was of opinion that the evidence in the case made it proper to submit the cause to the jury and that its decision thereon was conclusive.
    
      W. L. Van Denbergh, for the appellant.
    
      S. S. Jackson, for the respondent.
   Opinion by

Boardman, J.

Present—Learned, P. J., and Boardman, J.

Order reversed, with costs.