Lagerman v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Charles A. Lagerman, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the 18th day of January, 1900, upon the dismissal of the complaint, by direction of the court, after a trial before the court and a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The facts out of which liability is claimed to arise in this case are in brief these : The plaintiff had gone to the Hudson river, opposite One Hundred and Twelfth street, in the city of New York, for the purpose of fishing. At this point is located a track of the defendant’s railroad within four feet of the retaining wall next to the river. Upon this track stood a long line of freight cars. This track at this point is connected with the main track of the defendant’s railroad by a switch track, upon which at the time of the happening of the accident which is the subject of the…
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