Case Name: Cora S. Egelston, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ralph C. Egelston, Deceased, Respondent, v. The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-05-07
Citations: 205 N.Y. 579
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cora S. Egelston, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ralph C. Egelston, Deceased, Respondent, v. The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 205
Pages: 579–583

Head Matter:
Cora S. Egelston, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ralph C. Egelston, Deceased, Respondent, v. The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Appellant.
Egelston v. W. Y., Chicago & St. L. R. R. Co., 143 App. Div. 918, reversed.
(Argued March 29, 1912;
decided May 7, 1912.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered February 6, 1911, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict in an action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of defendant, his employer.
Thomas T>. Powell for appellant..
Charles F. Tabor for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed, new trial granted, costs to abide event, on the ground that, while the custom of other companies was not controlling it was competent evidence to he considered by the jury in determining as to the necessity or propriety of a rule regulating the movement of cars, and that the exclusion of proof of the custom was too serious an error to he disregarded. No opinion.
Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Werner, Hiscock and Collin, JJ., concur.