D'Arcy v. Westchester Electric Ry. Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, New York County. Action by George C. D’Arcy against the Westchester Electric Railway Company. Judgment dismissing the complaint, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing the complaint in an action brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him through the negligence of the defendant. He was- a passenger on a car of the defendant operated by an overhead trolley wire. It was a closed car, and the plaintiff was standing on the rear platform. The car was moving south from Mt. Vernon to West Farms. Plaintiff was standing on the left side of the platform—he facing the north—with his left hand behind him, grasping a brass rod which was placed across a window for its protection. While…
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- Seybolt v. . the N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Gilmore v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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