White v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
.Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson: River Railroad''Company, from a'judgment of the Supreme Court, in-favor of the plaintiff, énteréd in the office of the clerk of the-county of Oswego on-the 2éth day of April, 1901,- upon the verdict-’ of a jury for $2,,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’soffiee on the 22d day of April, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion, fór a new trial made upon the minutes.
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.Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson: River Railroad''Company, from a'judgment of the Supreme Court, in-favor of the plaintiff, énteréd in the office of the clerk of the-county of Oswego on-the 2éth day of April, 1901,- upon the verdict-’ of a jury for $2,,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’soffiee on the 22d day of April, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion, fór a new trial made upon the minutes. The action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages sustained, by him through being struck by a snow plow upon defendant’s, road.
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, J.:
- ...Upon the evidence in this case¡ the'jury had a right to finch-amongst other things, as follows : ■ .
For some time prior to the day of the accident, March 1, 1900,. plaintiff was engaged in carrying the mail, from the -village of Mallory. to defendant’s cars at the station of Mallory: This station was.. one little used, situate upon a. line of road operated by defendant, running from Syracuse northerly to Richland. Defendant’s tracks-passing it consisted of a main track and a siding- From the door - leading into the passenger room of the station to the nearest rail of ', the…
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- St. John v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
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