Opinion · New York Court of Appeals
Egelston v. . the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Rd. Co.
205 N.Y. 579
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- New York Court of Appeals
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Date
- 1912-05-07
- Topic
- general
Judgment reversed, new trial granted, costs to abide event, on the ground that, while the custom of other companies was not controlling it was competent evidence to he considered by the jury in determining as to the *580 necessity or propriety of a rule regulating the movement of cars, and that the exclusion of proof of the custom was too serious an error to he disregarded. No opinion. Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Werner, Hiscock and Collin, JJ., concur.
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Judgment reversed, new trial granted, costs to abide event, on the ground that, while the custom of other companies was not controlling it was competent evidence to he considered by the jury in determining as to the *580 necessity or propriety of a rule regulating the movement of cars, and that the exclusion of proof of the custom was too serious an error to he disregarded. No opinion.
Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Werner, Hiscock and Collin, JJ., concur.