Lycett v. Manhattan Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Elizabeth Lycett, from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city of New York in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said court oil the 18th day of June, 1895, upon á dismissal of the complaint directed .by the court after a trial before the court and a jury at a Trial Term of said court.. .
1Opinion of the CourtIngraham, J.
The plaintiff, a woman forty-nine years old, going to take one of the trains of the defendant railroad, having mounted the stairs leading to the depot, and about four feet from the head of the stairs, fell over a man who was putting up a poster on a signboard at the entrance of the defendant’s station.. This man appears to have been between the top of the stairs and the ticket office, where the plaintiff was obliged to purchase her ticket before entering the train.
There was evidence tending to show that the man was kneeling down at the time,, his legs extending over the passageway, although…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lafflin v. . Buffalo Southwestern R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
3Cited by3 opinions
- Barnes v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1904
- Levien v. WebbCity of New York Municipal Court · 1899
- Lycett v. Manhattan Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900