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KIDD v. N.Y. CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD CO

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 1, 1913
158 App. Div. 904 (N.Y. App. Div. 1913)

Opinion

July, 1913.


Judgment and order reversed and new trial granted, costs to abide the event. On the issue of warning signals from defendant's train the outside testimony of a large number of disinterested witnesses supports the affirmative evidence of the engineer and fireman. There was no substantial issue raised by negative testimony from observers in a position to hear and see, and who were attentive to the train's approach. Plaintiff's testimony was, therefore, overborne by that of defendant upon the vital issue of defendant's signals and the want of care by plaintiff's testator in driving his motor car upon the crossing in front of the train. Hence the motion to set aside the verdict, as against the weight of evidence, should have been granted. Jenks, P.J., Carr, Rich, Stapleton and Putnam, JJ., concurred.


Summaries of

KIDD v. N.Y. CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD CO

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 1, 1913
158 App. Div. 904 (N.Y. App. Div. 1913)
Case details for

KIDD v. N.Y. CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD CO

Case Details

Full title:John Kidd, as Executor, etc., of George W. Wait, Deceased, Respondent, v…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jul 1, 1913

Citations

158 App. Div. 904 (N.Y. App. Div. 1913)