Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1932

Hughs v. Unadilla Valley Railway Co.

Hughs v. Unadilla Valley Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 15, 1932
235 A.D. 751
Hughs v. Unadilla Valley Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

Judgments affirmed, with costs in one action. (Noakes v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 121 App. Div. 716; affd., 195 N. Y. 543; Nelson v. Nygren, 233 App. Div. 573; Terwilliger v. Long Island R. R. Co., 152 id. 168; affd., 209 N. Y. 522; Hardin v. N. Y. C. R. R. Co., 205 App. Div. 157; Clark v. Traver, Id. 206; Wilhelm v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., 215 id. 28, 31.) All concur, except Hinman and Hill, JJ., who dissent and vote for reversal and dismissal of the complaints against all defendants on the ground that plaintiffs were guilty of contributory negligence as matter of law. (Read v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 123 App. Div. 228; 165 id. 910: 219 N. Y. 660; 35 Harvard Law Review, 113, 121.)

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