New York, N. H. & H. R. v. Lehtohner
Opinion of the Court
“Now, even wliere there is not what we all know as a grade crossing, it may he laid down for law. that a "railroad may, by its acquiescence, permit what amounts to a usual and well-recognized crossing, where pedestrians do not intrude upon the railroad track otherwise than for the purpose of crossing it, acquiescence, custom, habit, known or presumably known to the railroad company, may create a crossing where the stranger, perhaps, would not see it.”
This was a correct statement of the law. It then left to the jury two questions of fact:
1. Was there at this place such a usual and well-recognized crossing?
2. Did the deceased pursue such usual and well-recognized crossing?
It further instructed them that, if either of these questions was answered in the negative, their verdict should be for the defendant. By their verdict the jury answered both these questions in the affirmative. Although the evidence was conflicting, there was sufficient to sustain their verdict. We find no exception which should require a reversal.
Judgment affirmed.
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- NEW YORK, N. H. & H. R. CO. v. LEHTOHNER
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