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Civil Procedure · MBE-tested
Winifred Collins, as Executrix of Lawrence Collins, Deceased, Appellant, v. New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Respondent
154 N.Y. 740·New York Court of Appeals·1897·NY
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Opinion
Winifred Collins, as Executrix of Lawrence Collins, Deceased, Appellant, v. New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Respondent.
Collins v. N. Y., Chicago & St. Louis R. R. Co., 92 Hun, 563, affirmed.
(Argued October 11, 1897;
decided October 26, 1897.)
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered January 30, 1896, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a nonsuit at the Erie Circuit.
Frank BrvmcLage for appellant.
John G. MiTburn for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
All concur.