RIESS v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

No. 66.

107 F.2d 385 (1939)

RIESS v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

November 6, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien, Driscoll & Raftery, of New York City (Arthur F. Driscoll and Milton M. Rosenbloom, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, of New York City (Ray Rood Allen and G. Hunter Merritt, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before SWAN, CHASE, and PATTERSON, Circuit Judges.


PATTERSON, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff brought action to recover damages for the death of her husband who was killed in a collision between a truck driven by him and a train operated by the defendant. The trial court dismissed the complaint at the close of the plaintiff's case, on the ground that the proof of negligence was insufficient to warrant submission of the case to the jury.

The collision occurred on October 13, 1937, at a private crossing over the...

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