Case Name: MADDEN v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1898-12-10
Citations: 54 N.Y.S. 1106
Docket Number: 
Parties: MADDEN v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 54
Pages: 1106–1109

Head Matter:
MADDEN v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
December 10, 1898.)
Action by John Madden against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company. The plaintiff was a brakeman in the employ of the defendant. He was injured while coupling cars at Canandaigua, N. Y., on the 22d day of March, 1892. This action was commenced in March, 1895, to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the defendant in permitting the use of a defective coupling apparatus which caused the injury. A trial was had in Cayuga county on the llth of March, 1897, and at the close of the. plaintiff’s evidence the trial court granted the defendant’s motion for a nonsuit; and, upon the plaintiff’s application, his exceptions were ordered to be heard at the appellate division of this court in the first instance.
Frank 0. Cushing, for plaintiff.
Albert H. Harris, for defendant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiff's exceptions overruled, and motion for a new trial denied, with costs, and judgment ordered for the defendant, with costs.