Schneider v. Second-Avenue Railroad
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from jury term. Action by Frederick Schneider against the Second-Avenue Railroad Company and the Houston, West-Street & Pavonia Ferry Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff entered on the verdict of a jury, and from an order denying their motions for a new trial, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for a personal injury to the plaintiff caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants. The defendants are domestic corporations, having no interests in common, engaged in operating street railroads, as common carriers of passengers for hire, through certain avenues and streets in the city of New York. On the 7th day of November, 1888, at about 10 o’clock in the forenoon, the plaintiff was riding down town on the front platform of a Second-Avenue car belonging to and operated by the defendant the Second-Avenue Bail road Company. He had got onto…
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- Barrett v. . the Third Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Hart v. . Hudson River Bridge CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Mangam v. . Brooklyn R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Nolan v. . Brooklyn City Newtown R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Holbrook v. . the Utica and Schenectady Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1855
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