New York Court of Appeals, 1954

Cabri v. Long Island Rail Road

Cabri v. Long Island Rail Road
New York Court of Appeals · Decided February 25, 1954
306 N.Y. 765; 118 N.E.2d 475; 1954 N.Y. LEXIS 1119

Cabri v. Long Island Rail Road

Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Conway, Desmond, Dye, Fuld and Froessel, JJ. Lewis, Ch. J., and Van Voorhis, J., dissent in the following memorandum. In our view the judgment appealed from should be reversed and the complaint dismissed upon the ground that plaintiff’s intestate was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law (Wadsworth v. Delaware, L. & W. R. R., 296 N. Y. 206, 212; Crough v. New York Central R. R. Co., 260 N. Y. 227; Schrader v. New York, C. & St. L. R. R. Co., 254 N. Y. 148; Allen v. Erie R. R. Co., 244 N. Y. 542; Avery v. New York, O. & W. Ry. Co., 205 N. Y. 502; Proefrock v. Denney, 258 App. Div. 5, affd. 283 N. Y. 648).

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