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Torts · MBE-tested
Eugene J. Coleman et al., as Administrators of the Estate of James Coleman, Deceased, Appellants, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Respondent
188 N.Y. 564·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY
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Opinion
Eugene J. Coleman et al., as Administrators of the Estate of James Coleman, Deceased, Appellants, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Respondent.
(Argued March 5, 1907;
decided April 2, 1907.)
Coleman v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 113 App. Div. 903, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered June 22, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint hy the court at a Trial Term in an action to recover for the death of plaintiffs’ intestate alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence.
Daniel V. Murphy for appellants.
Charles A. Pooley for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Willard Bartlett and Chase, JJ. Not sitting: Gray and Hiscook, JJ.