Cabri v. Long Island Rail Road, 118 N.E.2d 475 (NY 1954).
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Cabri v. Long Island Rail Road, 118 N.E.2d 475 (NY 1954). Book View Copy Cite
Eleanor Cabri, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Eugene Cabri
v.
Long Island Rail Road Company
New York Court of Appeals.
Feb 25, 1954.
118 N.E.2d 475
William, F. McNulty, Richard R. Bong arts and William J. O’Brien for Long Island Rail Road Company, appellant., George W. Percy for Town of Southampton, appellant., Bernard Meyerson, Henry M. Zaleski and Frank A. Jablonka for respondent.
Cited by 4 opinions  |  Published

Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Conway, Desmond, Dye, Fuld and Froessel, JJ. Lewis, Ch. J., and Van Voorhis, J., dissent in the following memorandum. In our view the judgment appealed from should be reversed and the complaint dismissed upon the ground that plaintiff’s intestate was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law (Wadsworth v. Delaware, L. & W. R. R., 296 N. Y. 206, 212; Crough v. New York Central R. R. Co., 260 N. Y. 227; Schrader v. New York, C. & St. L. R. R. Co., 254 N. Y. 148; Allen v. Erie R. R. Co., 244 N. Y. 542; Avery v. New York, O. & W. Ry. Co., 205 N. Y. 502; Proefrock v. Denney, 258 App. Div. 5, affd. 283 N. Y. 648).