Spero v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from judgment rendered by the justice of the Seventh Judicial District Court in favor of the plaintiff. Action for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
The plaintiff, a child four years of age, attended by her father and mother, was a passenger upon a ferry boat operated by the defendant, and, upon the arrival of the boat at its dock, she was led towards the pier by her parents, they being on either side of her and each holding one of her hands.
The gates of the boat were open and many of the passengers had already disembarked when plaintiff, so attended, reached the point where the deck of the boat joined the float or pier of the dock, but, while stepping over this point, the plaintiff was injured through her foot being caught between the…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Peters v. Philadelphia & Camden Ferry Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1909
- Williams v. Union Ferry Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910