Legal Opinion

Stanbridge v. Nassau Electric Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 3, 1909PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by tlie defendants, The Nassau- Electric Railroad Company. and- another, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of .the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of June, 1909, reversing, a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 15th day of December, 1908.

1Opinion of the Court

Scott, J.:

The defendants appeal from an order of the Appellate Term reversing a judgment of the-Municipal Court in -favor of defendants dismissing the complaint. The defendants offered no evidence, resting upon the case made by the plaintiff’s proofs, and the complaint was dismissed against both defendants upon the ground that the plaintiff had failed' to prove that the accident by which he was injured was the'result of the. negligence of either defendant. The ■defendants both own and operate lines of electrical railways in the' borough of Brooklyn, city of New York.. The plaintiff was a'…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Falke v. Third Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Platoff v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911

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