Lewis v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Kings county. Action by John J. Lewis, an infant, by Jeanette L. Lewis, Ms guardian ad litem, against the Long Island Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff for $1,149.72, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
On the 31st day of May, 1897, a legal holiday, the plaintiff, in company with 20 other young people connected with the Greene Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn, went for a pleasure drive to Valley Stream, Long Island, distant 15 or 16 miles from the city. The conveyance, an old-fashioned tallyho coach, drawn by six horses, two abreast, was hired of Henry Hamilton, a livery man, who undertook to furnish the party a competent driver. The conveyance was secured by a committee of the society (the Alpha Delta Theta), and was paid for before the trip commenced. The driver, who appears to have been a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Heaney v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Dolan v. . Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Harty v. . Central R.R. Co. of New JerseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Koehler v. Rochester & Lake Ontario RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1893