| NY | Feb 25, 1954
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" date_filed="1947-02-27" court="NY" case_name="Wadsworth v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western River Railroad">296 N. Y. 206, 212; Crough v. New York Central R. R. Co., 260 N.Y. 227" date_filed="1932-11-22" court="NY" case_name="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" date_filed="1930-06-13" court="NY" case_name="Schrader v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad">254 N. Y. 148; Allen v. Erie R. R. Co., 244 N.Y. 542" date_filed="1926-12-31" court="NY" case_name="Allen v. Erie Railroad Company">244 N. Y. 542; Avery v. New York, O. & W. Ry. Co., 205 N.Y. 502" date_filed="1912-06-04" court="NY" case_name="Avery v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.">205 N. Y. 502; Proefrock v. Denney, 258 A.D. 5" date_filed="1939-11-10" court="N.Y. App. Div." case_name="Proefrock v. Denney">258 App. Div. 5, affd. 283 N.Y. 648" date_filed="1940-06-04" court="NY" case_name="Proefrock v. Denney">283 N. Y. 648).