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Curran v. New York Central Hudson River Railroad Co.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Mar 1, 1900
30 Misc. 787 (N.Y. App. Term 1900)

Opinion

March, 1900.

C.C. Paulding, for appellant.

M. Greenberg, for respondents.


If the defendant was negligent in allowing the soda to get wet, it was negligence of which the plaintiffs had no right to complain. It was not their soda. The evidence and admissions show that the plaintiffs knew that the soda was wet, and that soda when wet would burn human flesh, if it touched the flesh. Knowing this, the plaintiffs should have handled the soda more carefully than they did. Their carelessness brought about their injuries.

Judgment reversed and new trial ordered in the Municipal Court in the district in which the action was brought, with costs to appellant to abide event.

DUGRO, J., concurs; SCOTT, J., concurs in result.

Judgment reversed and new trial ordered.


Summaries of

Curran v. New York Central Hudson River Railroad Co.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Mar 1, 1900
30 Misc. 787 (N.Y. App. Term 1900)
Case details for

Curran v. New York Central Hudson River Railroad Co.

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM CURRAN, Respondent, v . THE NEW YORK CENTRAL HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term

Date published: Mar 1, 1900

Citations

30 Misc. 787 (N.Y. App. Term 1900)

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