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Gordon Ryan, as Administrator of Frederick Ryan, Deceased, Respondent, v. The Delaware and Hudson Company, Appellant, 1907 — 188 N.Y. 559 · caselaw · US
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Gordon Ryan, as Administrator of Frederick Ryan, Deceased, Respondent, v. The Delaware and Hudson Company, Appellant
188 N.Y. 559·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY
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Gordon Ryan, as Administrator of Frederick Ryan, Deceased, Respondent, v. The Delaware and Hudson Company, Appellant.
(Argued March 1, 1907;
decided March 15, 1907.)
Ryan v. Delaware & Hudson Co., 114 App. Div. 268, affirmed.
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 2, 1906, which reversed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term and granted a new trial in an action to recover for the death of,plain tiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence.
Lewis E. Oarr for appellant.
. George B. "Wellington and James A. Burnham for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed and judgment absolute ordered against appellant on .the stipulation, with costs in all courts, on the ground that the sufficiency of defendant’s rules was a question of fact for the jury; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Hiscock, JJ.