Case Name: LAWLER, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1899-06
Citations: 61 N.Y.S. 1140
Docket Number: 
Parties: LAWLER, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 61
Pages: 1140–1140

Head Matter:
LAWLER, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
June, 1899.)
Action by Michael J. Lawler against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. Held, that the instructions of the trial court to the jury upon the question of damages were calculated to mislead the jury, and that the verdict is excessive.