Case Name: CORNWALL, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1905-10-11
Citations: 95 N.Y.S. 1123
Docket Number: 
Parties: CORNWALL, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 95
Pages: 1123–1123

Head Matter:
CORNWALL, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
October 11, 1905.)
Action by Anna V. Cornwall against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide event, upon questions of law only; the facts having been examined and no error found therein. Held, that it was error for the trial justice to charge the jury that, if the son (plaintiff's) was free from negligence and the defendant was negligent, then the plaintiff can recover, irrespective of the question whether she was negligent or not.