Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1903

West v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.

West v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided July 7, 1903
83 N.Y.S. 1119 (New York Supplement)
West v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide event. Held, that the question of defendant’s negligence and of the freedom of the plaintiff’s intestate from contributory negligence, as well as the question of whether the intestate was rightfully upon the freight train at the time he met his death, were all questions of fact, which should have been submitted to the jury.

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