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Kate Ward, as Administratrix of the Estate of Morris Ward, Deceased, Respondent, v. The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, Appellant, 1908 — 190 N.Y. 559 · caselaw · US
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Kate Ward, as Administratrix of the Estate of Morris Ward, Deceased, Respondent, v. The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, Appellant
190 N.Y. 559·New York Court of Appeals·1908·NY
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Kate Ward, as Administratrix of the Estate of Morris Ward, Deceased, Respondent, v. The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, Appellant.
Ward v. Brooklyn Heights R. R. Co., 119 App. Div. 487, affirmed.
(Argued December 18, 1907;
decided January 7, 1908.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered May 8, 1907, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have occurred through defendant’s negligence.
I R. Oeland and George D. Yeomcms for appellant.
George Y. Broioer for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs ; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Hiscock, JJ.