New York Court of Appeals
Nancy Cordell v. the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant
November 26, 187875 N.Y. 330
Summary
The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's judgment, holding that the plaintiff failed to prove that the deceased exercised proper care at the railroad crossing and that the evidence established the deceased's contributory negligence. Accordingly, the plaintiff was nonsuited and a new trial was ordered.