Case Name: Coleman J. Knapp, as Administrator, etc., of George H. Knapp, Deceased, Respondent, v. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1910-04
Citations: 138 A.D. 890
Docket Number: 
Parties: Coleman J. Knapp, as Administrator, etc., of George H. Knapp, Deceased, Respondent, v. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 890–890

Head Matter:
Coleman J. Knapp, as Administrator, etc., of George H. Knapp, Deceased, Respondent, v. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment and order reversed and new trial granted, costs to abide the event, upon the ground that there is no evidence that the. decedent either looked or listened before he went upon the railroad track, and that it affirmatively .appears'that if he had so looked or if he had so listened-he.might have seen or heard the approaching train and avoided the accident which resulted in his death. ,(Harrison v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 195 N. Y. 90; Wieland v. Delaware & Hudson Canal Co., 167 id. 26.) Burr, Thomas, Rich and Carr, JJ., concurred; Hirschberg, P. J., dissented.