Legal Opinion

Foley v. State of New York

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 24, 1945No. Claim 25961; Claim 25962; Claim 25963; Claim 25964; Claim 25965; Claim 25966; Claim 25967PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.

At a point in the Town of Amherst, Erie County, two miles northeast of Buffalo, a State highway known as Union Boad intersects Wehrle Drive at right angles. At that intersection traffic is controlled by an electrically illuminated signal device ’ equipped with red and green lights which face two-way traffic on each highway and are so arranged that when lights are red facing northbound and southbound traffic on Union Boad the lights facing eastbound and westbound traffic on Wehrle Drive are green, and vice versa. At eleven o’clock on the morning of Sunday, August 4, 1940, an automobile driven…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Ring v. . City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
  2. O'Neill v. City of Port JervisNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  3. Carlock v. Westchester Lighting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
  4. Ivory v. . Town of DeerparkNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  5. Jackson v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1933

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Steitz v. City of BeaconNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
  3. Dunham v. Village of CanisteoNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
  4. Runkel v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
  5. Canepa v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1954

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