Kuchler v. N.J. N.Y.R.R. Co.

The plaintiffs were nonsuited at the Circuit, excepting the borough of Riverside, which, upon motion to strike out the complaint before Mr. Justice Parker, was declared not liable, upon the following state of facts: Riverside is a borough, situated upon the line of the New Jersey and New York Railroad Company, while Alvin Cooper is the station agent of the company. The borough leased from the New Jersey and New York Railroad Company, which is lessee of the Erie Railroad Company, a plot of ground maintained by it as a park, immediately above the station, from which access to the station is…