Wulff v. Atlantic City Railroad
Wulff v. Atlantic City Railroad
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff sued to recover compensation for the injuries sustained by her and for damage done to her automobile re-
In our opinion, the finding of the jury, which was predicated upon the negligence of the railroad company, is entirely without proof to support it. No one testified that the box car was moving at the time of the accident; in fact, the plaintiff herself testified that immediately after the collision she got out of her car and found the box car standing on the crossing. If the car was not in motion at the time of the accident then the collision was not the result of any dereliction of duty on the part of the railroad company, for it had a right to stop this car on the crossing and was under no obligation to give warning of its presence. It was so held in the case of Jacobson v. New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Co., 87 N. J. L. 378.
There was a motion to nonsuit based upon the theory that the presence of the standing car at this crossing was no ground for imputing negligence to the company. In our opinion, this motion should have been granted.
The judgment under review will be reversed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- ESTELLA M. WULFF v. ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD COMPANY
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- Published