Case Name: James H. Murnan, Respondent, v. Wabash Railway Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-04
Citations: 226 A.D. 753
Docket Number: 
Parties: James H. Murnan, Respondent, v. Wabash Railway Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 753–754

Head Matter:
James H. Murnan, Respondent, v. Wabash Railway Company, Appellant.
Appeal dismissed, 251 N. Y. 547.

Opinion:
Judgment and order denying motion to set aside verdict unanimously affirmed, with costs. We are of opinion that upon the undisputed facts plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce as a matter ot law. (New York Cent. R. R. Co. v. Porter, 249 U. S. 168; Southern Railway Co. v. Puckett, 244 id. 571, 573; Pedersen v. Del., Lack. & West. R. R., 229 id. 146.) No request was made to submit to the jury the question whether plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce; nor did the motion to dismiss the complaint point out that there was any such question in the case. Had the question been submitted to the jury and a verdict rendered against plaintiff on this point, such a verdict, in our opinion, would have been contrary to the evidence. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Rich, Kapper, Carswell and Seudder, JJ.