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Julia A. Deegan, as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas E. Deegan, Deceased, Appellant, v. Syracuse Lighting Company, Respondent, 1907 — 188 N.Y. 557 · caselaw · US
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Julia A. Deegan, as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas E. Deegan, Deceased, Appellant, v. Syracuse Lighting Company, Respondent
188 N.Y. 557·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY
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Opinion
Julia A. Deegan, as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas E. Deegan, Deceased, Appellant, v. Syracuse Lighting Company, Respondent.
(Argued February 27, 1907;
decided March 15, 1907.)
Deegan v. Syracuse Lighting Co., 111 App. Div. 908, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered January 15, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence.
Charles E. Spencer for appellant
Ernest I. White for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Oh. J., Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Yann 'and Werner,.JJ. Not voting: Willard Bartlett, J. Not sitting: Hiscock, J.