ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY v. LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CO., 283 N.Y. 714 (1940)

28 N.E.2d 722

ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Respondent, v. LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.Argued June 4, 1940
Decided July 24, 1940

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, LEARY, J.

Page 715

Ralph E. Hemstreet and Louis J. Carruthers for appellant.

William E. Lyons for respondent.

Page 716

Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, RIPPEY and SEARS, JJ. FINCH and LEWIS, JJ., dissent on the ground that the decedent was guilty of contributory negligence as matter of law. Taking no part: CONWAY, J.

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