Case Name: WILLIAM C. HENDRICKSON v. THE PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1902-06-09
Citations: 68 N.J.L. 242
Docket Number: 
Parties: WILLIAM C. HENDRICKSON v. THE PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY.
Judges: Before Gummere, Chiee Justice, and Justices Van Syckei., Garrison and Garretson.
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 242–243

Head Matter:
WILLIAM C. HENDRICKSON v. THE PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY.
Submitted March, 1902
Decided June 9, 1902.
Where the liability of a railroad company depended upon whether the fence which separated its right of way from the property of the plaintiff, and which it was the company’s duty to maintain and keep in repair, had been out of repair for a sufficiently long time to charge the company with notice, is a question for the jury.
On error to the Somerset Circuit Court.
Before Gummere, Chiee Justice, and Justices Van Syckei., Garrison and Garretson.
For the plaintiff in error, James J. Bergen.
For the defendant in error, Dung an & Reger.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We find no error in the refusal to nonsuit, nor in the refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict for the defend ant. The liability of the defendant company depended upon whether the fence which separated its right of way from the property of the plaintiff, and which it was the defendant's duty to maintain and keep in repair, had been out of repair for a sufficiently long time to charge defendant with notice of 'its condition. Under the evidence submitted, this was a question for the jury, and not for the court to decide.
The judgment below should be affirmed.