People v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Franklin on the 9th day of December, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $9,018, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of December, 1912, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The complaint in this action, supplemented by the bill of particulars, alleges in substance that on or about July 11, 1908, a fire was started on the north side of defendant’s right of way, at about between telegraph poles 125-05 and 125-19, on lot 21, township 20, G-reat Tract 1 of Macomb’s purchase, town of Santa Clara, Franklin county, N. Y./and about three to three and one-half miles westerly of Saranac Inn station; and that another fire started on or about October 16, 1908, on the north side of said right of way, and about two and one-half miles westerly of Saranac Inn…
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