Legal Opinion
Interborough Rapid Transit Co. v. Lavin
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 10, 1928PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff is a public service corporation. It operates a system of rapid transit railroads in the city of New York consisting of approximately one hundred and thirty-eight miles of elevated railroad and two hundred and forty-four miles of subway railroad. It is said that it transports over three million passengers daily on approximately nine thousand trains. It is evident that the general public of the city of New York is interested in the safe, efficient and unbroken operation of this great instrument for the transportation of passengers.
In 1916 there was a general strike of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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