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Spurge v. Long Island Rail Road Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 6, 1941
261 App. Div. 825 (N.Y. App. Div. 1941)

Opinion

January 6, 1941.


Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in stepping from defendant's railroad train to a retaining wall at the time of an emergency due to a storm. Judgment reversed on the law, with costs, and complaint dismissed on the law, with costs, on the ground that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. Appeal from order denying defendant's motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial dismissed, without costs. Johnston, Adel and Taylor, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P.J., and Close, J., dissent and vote to affirm the judgment and order on the ground that the case presented issues of negligence and contributory negligence to be decided by the jury.


Summaries of

Spurge v. Long Island Rail Road Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 6, 1941
261 App. Div. 825 (N.Y. App. Div. 1941)
Case details for

Spurge v. Long Island Rail Road Company

Case Details

Full title:ADDIS E. SPURGE, Respondent, v. THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY…

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

Date published: Jan 6, 1941

Citations

261 App. Div. 825 (N.Y. App. Div. 1941)