Legal Opinion

Ziehm ex rel. Ziehm v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 12, 1966Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order unanimously reversed, without costs of these appeals to any party, and complaints dismissed, without costs. Memorandum: There were presented no issues of material fact. The infant plaintiff, while upon the railroad right-of-way and attempting to board the Chesapeake and Ohio train, was a trespasser. There was no duty owed to him by either defendant that was violated. (Lo Casto v. Long Is. R. R. Co., 6 N Y 2d 470; *935Scholl v. New York Cent. R. R. Co., 3 N Y 2d 989; Van Houten v. New York, N. H. & H. R. R. Co., 286 App. Div. 875, affd. 2 N Y 2d 739; Van Houten v. Long Is. R. R. Co., 279…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gleason v. Central New England Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
  2. Ralff v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
  3. Van Houten v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
  4. Van Houten v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955

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