Case Name: Elsie Martin, Respondent, v. Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-01
Citations: 225 A.D. 835
Docket Number: 
Parties: Elsie Martin, Respondent, v. Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 835–835

Head Matter:
Elsie Martin, Respondent, v. Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad Company, Appellant.
Affd.. 251 N. Y.

Opinion:
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs. Davis, Hinman, Whitmyer and Hill, JJ., concur; Van Kirk, P. J., dissents on the ground that plaintiff failed to show that she was free from contributory negligence; she could see the gas car approaching when she was thirty feet from the nearest rail; she was familiar with the crossing. (Raymer v. Rutland R. R. Co., 204 App. Div. 135; Cassidy v. Fonda, J. & G. R. R. Co., 200 id. 241; affd., 234 N. Y. 599; Bowden v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., 178 App. Div. 413; affd., 226 N. Y. 648; Avery v. N. Y., O. & W. R. Co., 205 id. 502; Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. v. Goodman, 275 U. S. 66.)