Craven v. International Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Agnes Craven, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellaté Division in the first instance upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the cotirt after a trial at the Erie Trial Term.’
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, J.:
While crossing one of defendant’s street railroad tracks in'the city of Buffalo plaintiff was struck and injured hv one of its cars: Upon the trial the learned justice held that she had failed to establish a. Cause of action and directed a nonsuit. We think that this was error and that she should have been allowed to have, the jury pass ■'upon her claim.
In the city of Buffalo Genesee street runs substantially east and west and Jefferson street crosses it substantially at right angles.. Defendant at the time of the accident operated- a double-track surface railroad in each street.…
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- Schasel v. International Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Wall v. International Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921