Legal Opinion

Pfeffer v. Buffalo Railway Co.

The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo

Decided July 14, 1893PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from trial term. Action by Henry L. Pfeifer against the Buffalo Railway Company. From a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial made. on the minutes, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.

There is discovered in the record conflicting testimony, but not more so than is usually present in negligence cases, nor is it so serious in conflict as many cases of this character present. Taking the undisputed matters and the finding of the jury, the following facts must be deemed established: On Sunday morning, about 9 o’clock, on August 30, 1891, plaintiff arrived at the corner of Balcom street and Harvard place, for the purpose of taking a Harvard place car, to be transported thereon to Buffalo park, where he was employed by a sewer contractor to watch tools. Hear Harvard place is…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Keating v. . the New York Central and Hudson River Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
  2. Baltimore City Passenger Railway Co. v. WilkinsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
  3. Briggs v. Union Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  4. Poulin v. . Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  5. Akersloot v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Cutler v. Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Fox v. MatthiessenNew York Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Stivers v. RittAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1899
  4. Whitaker ex rel. Account of Volkart Bros. v. United StatesUnited States Customs Court · 1959
  5. Memphis St. Ry. Co. v. HugginsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914

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