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Emanuel Lyons, as Administrator of Sarah Lyons, Deceased, Respondent, v. Second Avenue Railroad Company, Appellant, 1897 — 152 N.Y. 654 · caselaw · US
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Emanuel Lyons, as Administrator of Sarah Lyons, Deceased, Respondent, v. Second Avenue Railroad Company, Appellant
152 N.Y. 654·New York Court of Appeals·1897·NY
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Emanuel Lyons, as Administrator of Sarah Lyons, Deceased, Respondent, v. Second Avenue Railroad Company, Appellant.
Lyons v. Second Ave. R. R. Co., 89 Hun, 374, affirmed.
(Argued March 24, 1897;
decided April 20, 1897.)
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered October 25, 1895, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and also affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial.
Payson Merrill and George C. Holt for appellant.
Sumner B. Stiles and Francis L. Wellman for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: O’Brien, Bartlett, Martin and Vann, JJ.
Dissent: Andrews, Oh. J., Gray and Haight, JJ.