Gordon v. Grand Street & Newtown Rail Road
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL by the defendant from a judgment entered at the circuit, after a trial before a jury. The action was brought to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff, from the alleged carelessness of the defendant or its servants and agents, at the passenger depot in Brooklyn.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Brown, J.
The defendant is one of the city rail road corporations engaged in the business of carrying passengers from various points within the city of Brooklyn, to other parts of the city and to Newtown, in the county of Brings. It has a depot or room for receiving passengers, where they enter the cars of the defendant, in First street, near South Seventh street. The road is operated by means of two tracks, the same cars arriving at the depot upon one track and departing from thence upon the other. The waiting-room for the passengers, and from which they enter the cars, is close…
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