Gelb v. Third Avenue Railway Co.

Plaintiff was driving his automobile west on Forty-second street. His brother-in-law was driving another automobile eight or ten feet in front of him. When they reached the corner of Third avenue a trolley car of the Third Avenue line was stopped just above the north crosswalk. He testified: “ My brother-in-law crossed, and I was about the same distance behind him. He crossed the tracks completely and I followed. The car was standing yet when I reached the north bound (tracks) of the Third Avenue car, which my automobile was on the north track already, I was on the south bound track, of the…