Conroy v. Twenty-third Street Railroad
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from a judgment of the general term of the . marine court of the city of New York affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon the verdict of a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtLoew, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for an injury sustained by his horse by reason of the alleged carelessness and negligence of the defendant. The testimony shows that, on the 13th day of October, 1873, while an employe of the plaintiff was in the act of driving the plaintiff’s team across the railroad track, in Twenty-third street, near the Thirteenth avenue, the fore foot of one of the horses sunk into a hole in the street. This hole was close to the inner edge of the north rail of the track. It was about six or seven inches in width and depth, and about four feet…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Worster v. Forty-Second Street & Grand Street Ferry RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Worster v. Forty-second Street & Grand Street Ferry R. R.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1870