Case Name: DEPEW, Appellant, v. ERIE R. CO., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1902-12-16
Citations: 79 N.Y.S. 1130
Docket Number: 
Parties: DEPEW, Appellant, v. ERIE R. CO., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 79
Pages: 1130–1131

Head Matter:
DEPEW, Appellant, v. ERIE R. CO., Respondent.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
December 16, 1902.)
Action by Jennie. A. Depew, as administratrix, etc., against the Erie Railroad Company.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Order affirmed, with costs. Held that, under the circumstances of this case, it was error in the trial court to submit to the jury the question of defendant's negligence, based upon its omission to formulate and promulgate a rule requiring the placing of lights upon the dead engine; also held that, even as suming that the question of the assumption of the risk of a collision with this engine should have been pleaded as a defense, evidence thereof ivas admitted without objection upon the part of the plaintiff, in consequence of which that question was properly in the case.