Keegan v. Third Ave. Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by Alexander Keegan, Jr., against the Third Avenue Railroad Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, and an order denying a new trial, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
The action is for negligence. The plaintiff was injured on August 30, 1894, while riding on one of the defendant company’s open cars, south bound. He was sitting on the easterly side of the car, near the rear. Some little distance south of Fifty-Eighth street, this car met a wagon belonging to' the defendant Hunt, which was coming north on the easterly track. Behind the wagon was a north-bound car. In attempting to get out of its way, the wagon crossed to the west, and, as the great preponderance of evidence shows, collided with the rear of the south-bound car, striking and injuring the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barrett v. . the Third Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Bowen v. . New York Central Railroad Company.New York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Stierle v. . Union Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Maverick v. . Eighth Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Unger v. Forty-Second Street & Grand Street Ferry RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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