Schachter v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by.the defendant from a judgment of the City 'Court of the city of New York entered in favor of the plaintiff upon the verdict of a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtGavegan, J.
The action was to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. Plaintiff, an infant twenty years of age, was seated at a window, engaged in working at the trimming of hats, in a room occupied also by seventy-five other operatives; -the room was on the second floor of No. 17 Division street, borough of Manhattan, New York city; defendant was engaged in operating its elevated trains directly in front of said premises, the tracks being on a level with and about three or four feet away from the window.
Plaintiff testified that while thus…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mitchell v. . Rochester Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Lowery v. . Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Twomley v. . C.P.N. and E.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Wood v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Paine v. Geneva, Waterloo, Seneca Falls & Cayuga Lake Traction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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