Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1926

Brooks v. Erie Railroad

Brooks v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 15, 1926
217 A.D. 751
Brooks v. Erie Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Judgment and order reversed upon the law, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, for error in the charge of the court to the effect that an absolute duty rested upon the defendant to sound the engine bell or whistle, pursuant to section 1985 of the. Penal Law. *752(Vandewater v. N. Y. & N. E. R. R. Co., 135 N. Y. 583. Kelly, P. J., Jaycox, Manning, Young and Kapper, JJ., concur.

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