U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1916

Lehigh Valley R. v. Emens

Lehigh Valley R. v. Emens
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Decided March 14, 1916 · Rogers
231 F. 638; 1916 U.S. App. LEXIS 1681

Lehigh Valley R. v. Emens

Opinion of the Court

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This is a collision case, and the action is brought to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s testatrix, occasioned by defendant’s negligence. At the time the collision occurred the deceased was riding in an automobile. She was sitting on the back seat at the time of the accident in the company of her sister-in-law. The circumstances attending the collision appear in the cases of Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. v. Kilmer, 231 Fed. 628, — C. C. A. -, and Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. v. Emens, 231 Fed. 636, - C. C. A. - recently decided in this court, and the principles therein announced govern this case.

Judgment affirmed.

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