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Orren B. Jacobs et al., Respondents, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant, 1906 — 186 N.Y. 586 · caselaw · US
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Orren B. Jacobs et al., Respondents, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant
186 N.Y. 586·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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Opinion
Orren B. Jacobs et al., Respondents, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant.
Jacobs v. N. Y. C.& H. R. R. R. Co, 107 App. Div. 134, affirmed.
(Submitted November 13, 1906;
decided November 27, 1906.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 15, 1905, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover damages for a loss by lire alleged to have been occasioned through defendant’s negligence.
Henry Purcell for appellant.
Irving G. Ilubbs for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Cli. J., Haight, Vann, Werner and Willard Bartlett, JJ. Not sitting: Gray audlliscocK, JJ.