Beckwith v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment entered in Oneida county on the verdict of a jury, and from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made on the minutes of the trial judge.
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
On the 25th day of February, 1888, Joseph H. Beckwith was injured by a passing train on the defendant’s road at its intersection with Peterboro street, in the village of Oanastota, N. Y. The defendant’s road runs east and west through the village, and at right angles with Peterboro street. Its tracks are straight for about a mile and a half west of this crossing. There was a side track on the north, and from that direction the defendant’s through tracks were in the following order: first, number four; second, number three; third, number two, and fourth, number one. South of the defendant’s…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Greany v. . Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Tolman v. Syracuse, Binghamton & New York RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Parsons v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Sherry v. . New York Central and Hudson River Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887