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Murnan v. Wabash Railway Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 1, 1929
226 App. Div. 753 (N.Y. App. Div. 1929)

Opinion

April, 1929.

Present — Lazansky, P.J., Rich, Kapper, Carswell and Scudder, JJ.


Judgment and order denying motion to set aside verdict unanimously affirmed, with costs. We are of opinion that upon the undisputed facts plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce as a matter of law. ( New York Cent. R.R. Co. v. Porter, 249 U.S. 168; Southern Railway Co. v. Puckett, 244 id. 571, 573; Pedersen v. Del., Lack. West. R.R., 229 id. 146.) No request was made to submit to the jury the question whether plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce; nor did the motion to dismiss the complaint point out that there was any such question in the case. Had the question been submitted to the jury and a verdict rendered against plaintiff on this point, such a verdict, in our opinion, would have been contrary to the evidence.


Summaries of

Murnan v. Wabash Railway Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 1, 1929
226 App. Div. 753 (N.Y. App. Div. 1929)
Case details for

Murnan v. Wabash Railway Company

Case Details

Full title:JAMES H. MURNAN, Respondent, v. WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant

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

Date published: Apr 1, 1929

Citations

226 App. Div. 753 (N.Y. App. Div. 1929)