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Polly A. Hood, as Administratrix of the Estate of Isaac Hood, Deceased, Appellant, v. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Respondent, 1906 — 186 N.Y. 517 · caselaw · US
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Polly A. Hood, as Administratrix of the Estate of Isaac Hood, Deceased, Appellant, v. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Respondent
186 N.Y. 517·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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Polly A. Hood, as Administratrix of the Estate of Isaac Hood, Deceased, Appellant, v. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Respondent.
Hood v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., 109 App. Div. 418, affirmed.
(Argued June 18, 1906;
decided October 2, 1906.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered November 27, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover for the alleged negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate.
William H. Prentice for appellant.
James HcOormick Mitchell and Chester O diorne Swain for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs ; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Chase, JJ. Absent: O’Brien, J. Not sitting: Hisoook, J.