Case Name: KANE, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1900-11
Citations: 67 N.Y.S. 1136
Docket Number: 
Parties: KANE, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 67
Pages: 1136–1136

Head Matter:
KANE, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
November Term, 1900.)
Action by Frank Kane 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, upon the ground that, interpreting the evidence most favorably to the plaintiff, it was not sufficient to establish actionable negligence upon the part' of the defendant, and' upon the further ground that the plaintiff assumed the risk of the accident which resulted in his injuries, and therefore the plaintiff, as matter of law, is not entitled to recover.