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Martin v. Fonda Railroad

225 A.D. 835 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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Elsie Martin, Respondent, v. Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad Company, Appellant.[1]

Judgment and order affirmed, with costs. Davis, Hinman, Whitmyer and Hill, JJ., concur; Van Kirk, P. J., dissents on the ground that plaintiff failed to show that she was free from contributory negligence; she could see the gas car approaching when she was thirty feet from the nearest rail; she was familiar with the crossing. (Raymer v. Rutland R. R. Co., 204 App. Div. 135 ; Cassidy v. Fonda, J. & G. R. R. Co., 200 id. 241 ; affd., 234 N. Y. 599 ; Bowden v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., 178 App. Div. 413 ; affd., 226 N. Y. 648 ; Avery v. N. Y., O. & W. R. Co., 205 id. 502; Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. v. Goodman, 275 U. S. 66 .)

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