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George W. Voorhees, as Administrator of the Estate of Schuyler H. Voorhees, Deceased, Appellant, v. Hudson River Telephone Company, Respondent, 1907 — 187 N.Y. 570 · caselaw · US
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George W. Voorhees, as Administrator of the Estate of Schuyler H. Voorhees, Deceased, Appellant, v. Hudson River Telephone Company, Respondent
187 N.Y. 570·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY
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George W. Voorhees, as Administrator of the Estate of Schuyler H. Voorhees, Deceased, Appellant, v. Hudson River Telephone Company, Respondent.
Voorhees v. Hudson River Telephone Co. 114 App. Div. 909, affirmed.
(Argued January 28, 1907;
decided February 19, 1907.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 3, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term in an action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence.
George B. Wellington and Jarvis P. O'Brien for appellant.
Lewis E. Griffith for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Haight, Vann, Werner and Willard Bartlett, JJ. Not sitting: Chase, J.