Case Name: ANNIE HOWARD ET AL., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1929-06-21
Citations: 7 N.J. Misc. 581
Docket Number: 
Parties: ANNIE HOWARD ET AL., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 581–582

Head Matter:
ANNIE HOWARD ET AL., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
Submitted May 8, 1929
Decided June 21, 1929.
Before Justices Parker, Black and Bodixe.
For the defendants-appellants, Collins <& Corbin.
For the plaintiffs-respondents, Harry Tartalshy.

Opinion:
Per' Curiam.
In these cases the plaintiffs were injured by driving their automobiles into a railroad crossing signal located in the center of the public highway. The crossing signal was placed in the highway by the permission of the board of freeholders of Somerset county, and conformed to the usual cross-arm type.
The case is ruled by Mr. Justice Parker's opinion in Lorentz v. Public Service Railway Co., 103 N. J. L. 104. It appears that the structure was a lawful structure, erected, pursuant to lawful public authority and similar to many such structures. Such a structure facilitates and makes safe public travel, and although it is an obstruction in the street it is not a nuisance and the traveling public must take notice of it. The point is made that no sign was set up under section 35 of the Railroad act, but none seems to have been required.
There being no evidence to justify a recovery under the circumstances the court should have found in favor of the defendant.