O'Reilly v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
, Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Com- . pany, from a. judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 8th day of March, 1904. Section 104 of the Railroad Law, as amended by chapter 676 of the Laws of 1892, which is referred to in the opinion, provides as follows: “ Every such corporation entering into such contract shall carry or permit any…
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, Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Com- . pany, from a. judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 8th day of March, 1904. Section 104 of the Railroad Law, as amended by chapter 676 of the Laws of 1892, which is referred to in the opinion, provides as follows: “ Every such corporation entering into such contract shall carry or permit any other party thereto to carry between any two points, on the railroads or portions thereof embraced in such contract any…
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff, on the 8th day of December, 1903, was a passenger on a north-bound car on the Vanderbilt avenue line of the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, desirous of making a continuous trip between his starting point on that line and his point of destination on the crosstown line of-the Brooklyn City Railroad Company. This continuous trip involved a change of cars at the intersection of the Vanderbilt avenue line of the Nassau Company and the crosstown line of the Brooklyn City Company. The plaintiff had paid his fare of five cents on the Vanderbilt avenue line, and demanded…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Minor v. . Erie R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Brooklyn & Rockaway Beach Railroad v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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- Catalano v. International Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1914
- Raynor v. New York & Long Island Traction Co., New York County Courts1914
- Senior v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906