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Elisha Carpenter, Executor, etc., Respondent, v. The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, Appellant, 1885 — 99 N.Y. 607 · caselaw · US
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Elisha Carpenter, Executor, etc., Respondent, v. The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, Appellant
99 N.Y. 607·New York Court of Appeals·1885·NY
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Opinion
Elisha Carpenter, Executor, etc., Respondent, v. The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, Appellant.
(Argued March 23, 1885;
decided April 14, 1885.)
W. W. MacFarland for appellant.
William Watson for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Agree to reverse judgment and to dismiss complaint on authority of Vatable v. N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R. Co. (96 N. Y. 49).
All concur.
Judgment accordingly.