Case Name: O'DONNELL, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1904-01-26
Citations: 86 N.Y.S. 1142
Docket Number: 
Parties: O’DONNELL, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 86
Pages: 1142–1142

Head Matter:
O’DONNELL, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Respondent.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
January 26, 1904.)
Action by Matthew J. O’Donnell against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide event. Held, that the question of defendant's negligence, plaintiff's freedom from negligence, and whether the plaintiff at the time of the accident was engaged in the line of his duty, were questions of fact for the jury.
SPRING and STOVER, JJ., dissent.