Case Name: SUMNER, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-05-26
Citations: 154 N.Y.S. 1146
Docket Number: 
Parties: SUMNER, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 154
Pages: 1146–1146

Head Matter:
SUMNER, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CENT. & H. R. R. CO., Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
May 26, 1915.)
Action by David C. Sumner, as administrator, etc., against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs.
FOOTE and MERRELL, JJ., dissent upon the ground that whether plaintiff's intestate fell while standing beside the tracks as a traveler upon the highway, or as an intending passenger, she was in either event guilty of contributory negligence as matter of law.