Case Name: Adelbert E. Ireland, Respondent, v. C. Clinton Gardner, as Receiver, etc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1889-10-19
Citations: 4 Silv. Sup. 119
Docket Number: 
Parties: Adelbert E. Ireland, Respondent, v. C. Clinton Gardner, as Receiver, etc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Silvernail's Supreme Court Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 119–123

Head Matter:
Adelbert E. Ireland, Respondent, v. C. Clinton Gardner, as Receiver, etc., Appellant.
Supreme Court, Fifth Department, General Term,
October 19, 1889.
Negligence. Question of fact.—The submission of this case to the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff upon the sole ground that the guard rail was not blocked was held to be error.
Appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff on the verdict of a jury, for $30,000, for personal injuries, rendered at the Monroe circuit, and from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
The facts appear in the dissenting opinion.
William. S. Oliver, for respondent.
John A. Milburn, for appellant.

Opinion:
The majority of the court held that the submission of the case to the jury .to find a verdict for the plaintiff upon the sole ground that the guard rail was not blocked, was error, under the case of Appel v. The Railroad Co., 111 N. Y. 550.