Opdycke v. Public Service Railway Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pitney, Chancellor.
Plaintiff sued to recover damages for the death of his horse, occasioned, as alleged, by the wrongful conduct of the defendant company in maintaining within the limits of a certain public highway in the county of Som*577erset a certain bridge with its approaches that were improperly constructed and insufficiently guarded, and unfit and unsafe for the use of horses.
Plaintiffs horse was running away at night, without a driver, when it went upon the bridge in question, and because the bridge was not suited to the use of horses and vehicles,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ring v. . City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Baldwin v. Greenwoods Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
- Tinker v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Dickey v. Maine Telegraph Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1859
- Seaman v. Borough of WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
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- Rickards v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1945
- Adams v. Atlantic City Electric Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1938
- Raphael Bros. v. Cerophyl Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Volinsky v. Public Service Coordinated TransportNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
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