Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1923

Leykauf v. New York Central Railroad

Leykauf v. New York Central Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 15, 1923
206 A.D. 766
Leykauf v. New York Central Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Plaintiff’s exceptions sustained, and a new trial granted. *767with costs to abide the event, upon the ground that it was error to dismiss the complaint at the close of plaintiff’s case. On the record before us, the questions of defendant’s negligence and plaintiff’s contributory negligence should have been submitted to the jury. Rich, Jaycox, Maiming and Kapper, JR concur; Kelly, P. J., dissents upon the ground that the record shows the plaintiff guilty of contributory negligence a,s matter of law.

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