Legal Opinion
Hankins v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 1894PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The non-suit in this case was granted on the ground that, assuming the negligence of the train dispatcher, the plaintiff cannot recover because it was the negligence of a fellow-workman. Whether the train dispatcher bore that relation to the plaintiff is in truth the only question in the case.
The facts are not complicated, and those which we regard as material are as follows: The division upon which the accident happened extends from Dunkirk on the west to Hornellsville on the east. The plaintiff was a fireman on a freight train (number 340), which on the 19th of October, 1887, had started…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Flike v. . Boston and Albany R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Crispin v. . BabbittNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Bailey v. . R., W. O.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Dana v. . New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Sheehan v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
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3Cited by35 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Price v. Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Kimmer v. . WeberNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Southern Indiana Railway Co. v. HarrellIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
- McGuire v. . Bell Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
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