Case Name: Melissa E. Austin, as Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Austin, Deceased, Respondent, v. New York Central Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1932-11-22
Citations: 260 N.Y. 616
Docket Number: 
Parties: Melissa E. Austin, as Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Austin, Deceased, Respondent, v. New York Central Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 260
Pages: 616–616

Head Matter:
Melissa E. Austin, as Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Austin, Deceased, Respondent, v. New York Central Railroad Company, Appellant.
(Argued October 18, 1932;
decided November 22, 1932.)
K. 0. Mott-Smith and Clive C. Handy for appellant.
Charles D. Lems and John Ambrose Goodwin for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment of the Appellate Division and that of the Trial Term reversed, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, on the authority of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Nixon (271 U. S. 218). No opinion.
Concur: Pound, Ch. J., Lehman, Hubbs and Crouch, JJ. Dissenting: Crane, Kellogg and O'Brien, JJ.