Ansteth v. Buffalo Railway Co.
Superior Court of Buffalo
Appeal from a judgment, entered upon the verdict of a jury, and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
—It appears without conflict of evidence that plaintiff was a trespasser upon defendant’s car, and it may be assumed that he intended when he boarded the car to ride thereon until the conductor approached where he stood, and then alight while the car was in motion. But the jury have found that while he *703was thus upon the car, and while it was in rapid motion, the conductor, without the boy’s knowledge, came to the front of the car, made a motion towards the boy and uttered an ejaculation, which acts frightened and caused him to suddenly loose his hold on the rail of the dash, in consequence of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCann v. . Sixth Ave. R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889