Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1912

Whittaker v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

Whittaker v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 15, 1912 · McLennan
153 A.D. 934; 138 N.Y.S. 1149
Whittaker v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

Opinion of the Court

McLennan, P. J.,

who dissented in a memorandum upon the ground: Mrst, that it is not shown by the evidence that the slipping of the handlebar, if it slipped, was the proximate cause of the accident. Second, that there is no probative evidence to show that the defendant knew or had occasion to know, in the exercise of the highest degree of care, that the pin which would have prevented the slipping of the handlebar was out of place.

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