Edgerley v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- Appeal by the defendant, The Long Island Railroad Company, -from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, .entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 11th day of February, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury for $21,500, and Also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on: the 15th day of February, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
About half-past ten o’clock on the evening of October 30, 1897, the plaintiff and one JVIacFarland were riding a tandem bicycle-along Sixth avenue, Brooklyn-, the plaintiff occupying the forward-seat, intending to cross the tracks of the defendant where Sixth avenue meets them. The defendant’s roadbed at the location in-question extends along the middle of Atlantic avenue in an easterly and westerly direction, while Sixth avenue approaches Atlantic from the south but does not cross it. South Portland avenue is on the-north side of the track, deflects slightly to the west…
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