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Thomas M. Scully, Appellant, v. The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, Respondent, 1897 — 151 N.Y. 672 · caselaw · US
Civil Procedure · MBE-tested
Thomas M. Scully, Appellant, v. The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, Respondent
151 N.Y. 672·New York Court of Appeals·1897·NY
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Opinion
Thomas M. Scully, Appellant, v. The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, Respondent.
Scully v. iY. T., L. B. & W. B. B. Go., 80 Hun, 197, affirmed.
(Argued January 27, 1897;
decided February 12, 1897.)
Appeal from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered December 14, 1894, which reversed, upon questions of law only, a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and granted a new trial.
John W. Lyon for appellant.
Henry Bacon for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed and judgment absolute ordered for defendant, with costs; no opinion.
All concur.