Depew v. Erie Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Depew v. Erie Railroad

79 N.Y.S. 1130

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided December 16, 1902·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Order affirmed, with costs. Held that, under the circumstances of this case, it was error in the trial court to submit to the jury the question of defendant’s negligence, based upon its omission to formulate and promulgate a rule requiring the placing of lights upon the dead engine; also held that, even as[1131]*1131suming that the question of the assumption of the risk of a collision with this engine should have been pleaded as a defense, evidence thereof ivas admitted without objection upon the part of the plaintiff, in consequence of which that question was properly in the case.

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PER CURIAM.

Order affirmed, with costs. Held that, under the circumstances of this case, it was error in the trial court to submit to the jury the question of defendant’s negligence, based upon its omission to formulate and promulgate a rule requiring the placing of lights upon the dead engine; also held that, even as[1131]*1131suming that the question of the assumption of the risk of a collision with this engine should have been pleaded as a defense, evidence thereof ivas admitted without objection upon the part of the plaintiff, in consequence of which that question was properly in the case.

Depew v. Erie Railroad, 79 N.Y.S. 1130 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1902).

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