Reschke v. Syracuse, Lake Shore & Northern Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 20th day of March, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,300, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of March, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Lambert, J.:
The appellant operates a street surface electric railroad between the cities of Syracuse and Oswego and furnishes service to various summer and pleasure resorts along Onondaga lake, including one known as Long Branch, at the north end of the lake. Long Branch is about seven miles from Syracuse. The railroad does not own the resort, but maintains a special service to it and has a station located at the entrance to the grounds. This station, which is merely a shelter or waiting room, is located upon a triangular piece of ground 220 feet long, with a base of 110 feet, lying between…
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