Legal Opinion

Buchanan v. Central Railroad

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided June 20, 1910Published

Oil error to the Union County Cireuii Court.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vredenburgh, J.

On the evening of May 3d, 1908, after dark, the plaintiff, accompanied by her mother, proceeded to the defendant’s railroad station at Roselle, 3T. J., to obtain a train time-table for her aunt’s use upon the railroad, and while walking upon the concrete walk constructed by the defendant between the ticket and baggage offices, unwittingly stepped into a large opening (thirty-three by twenty inches in dimension) which formed a part of the walk and had-been theretofore covered by an iron grating, and fell down to the bottom of tlie…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Phillips v. Library Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
  2. Davis v. Central Congregational Society of Jamaica PlainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  3. McKone v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Tobin v. Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1871
  5. O'Brien v. TatumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887

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