Case Name: Ireland v. Gardner
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1889-10-19
Citations: 7 N.Y.S. 609
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ireland v. Gardner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 7
Pages: 609–611

Head Matter:
Ireland v. Gardner.
(Supreme Court, General Term, Fifth Department.
October 19, 1889.)
Master and Servant—Defective Appliances—Obvious Defects.
Where a car-coupler has for some time heen employed in a railroad yard, it is error to submit to the jury the question whether the danger of having his foot caught in an unblocked guard-rail is so apparent and obvious that he is chargeable with notice of its existence, although he had been at work only three or four days in that part of the yard where the injury occurred. Following Appel v. Railroad Co., 19 ÍT. E. Rep. 93. Macomber, J., dissenting.
Appeal from circuit court, Monroe county.
Action for personal injuries, by Adalbert E. Ireland against G. Clinton Gardner, receiver of the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad Company. Plaintiff obtained a verdict for $80,000, and from a judgment thereon, and an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
Argued before Barker, P. J., and Dwight and Macomber, JJ.
John A. Hilburn, for appellant. William 8. Oliver, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The submission of the case to the jury to find a verdict for plaintiff on the sole ground that the guard-rail was not blocked was error, under the case of Appel v. Railroad Co., 111 N. Y. 550, 19 N. E. Rep. 93. Judgment and order reversed, and new trial granted, costs to abide the event.