Sloan v. . the New York Central R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the Seventh district, ordered upon a verdict for the plaintiff found at the Cayuga circuit. This was an action brought to recover damages the plaintiff ■claimed to have sustained from injuries through the negligence and carelessness of the defendant, in not keeping its road in a safe and proper condition, and in carelessly and negligently" running its cars upon such road.
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Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the Seventh district, ordered upon a verdict for the plaintiff found at the Cayuga circuit. This was an action brought to recover damages the plaintiff ■claimed to have sustained from injuries through the negligence and carelessness of the defendant, in not keeping its road in a safe and proper condition, and in carelessly and negligently" running its cars upon such road. The plaintiff purchased a passenger ticket at Fort Plain for Canandaigua, and while in the cars on her way, the car in which she sat was thrown down an…
1Opinion of the Court
Church, Ch. J.
Several exceptions were taken upon the trial, and are presented to this court for review.
The witness Townsend, who was the traekmaster of the defendants, had given evidence in relation to repairs which he had made at the point of, and immediately adjacent to, the place of the accident, and tending to establish that the track was in good condition. On cross-examination, he was asked, in various forms, if he did not state, in the presence of different individuals, in substance, that he was not to blame for the accident, and that he could not get ties or material to fix it;…
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