Case Name: John Huber, Jr., Appellant, v. Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-07
Citations: 170 A.D. 911
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Huber, Jr., Appellant, v. Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 911–911

Head Matter:
John Huber, Jr., Appellant, v. Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed and new trial granted, costs to abide the event, on the ground that the evidence tended to establish (1) that Hoseworthy was defendant's superintendent, whose principal duty was that of superintendence; (2) that he was negligent in a matter of superintendence in directing the use of the process of ramming down the partly cut posts instead of using a long rope to pull them down; (3) that such negligent act was a proximate cause of the accident; and further (4) that plaintiff was free from contributory negligence; and also because, on the evidence showing that plaintiff objected to the method used and was by the superintendent practically assured of its safety and directed to continue its use, the issue of assumption of risk was, even in the end, for the jury and not for the trial court to decide. Jenks, P. J., Thomas, Stapleton, Mills and Putnam, JJ., concurred.