Case Name: Ernest E. Peterson, Appellant, v. The Ocean Electric Railway Company, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-01-26
Citations: 214 N.Y. 605
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ernest E. Peterson, Appellant, v. The Ocean Electric Railway Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 214
Pages: 605–605

Head Matter:
Ernest E. Peterson, Appellant, v. The Ocean Electric Railway Company, Respondent.
(Argued January 13, 1915;
decided January 26, 1915.)
Peterson v. Ocean Electric Railway Co., 161 App. Div. 730, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 24, 1914, upon an order reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and directing a dismissal of the complaint in an action to recover for.loss of services and expenses alleged to have been sustained by .plaintiff by reason of. personal injuries sustained by his wife through the defendant’s negligence.
Albert Haight and Louis Sleekier for appellant.
Alfred A. Gardner and Joseph F. Keany for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on authority of Peterson v. Ocean Electric Ry. Co. (214 N. Y. 43).
Concur: Willard Bartlett, Ch. J., Hiscock, Collin, Cuddeback, Hogan and Cardozo, JJ. Seabury, J., dissents on the ground that the plaintiff's wife was not, as matter of law, guilty of contributory negligence.