Legal Opinion

Falkerson v. The New York, New Haven & Hartford R. Co

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 7, 1951No. 204, Docket 21937PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant is a railroad which maintains a single track branch line in Connecticut on which it runs trains between Stamford and New Canaan. In Springdale this track is crossed, at approximately right angles, by a dirt and gravel private road about ten feet wide over which vehicles pass between the Webb Off-Set factory east of the railroad track and a public highway, called Hope Street, which parallels it to the west. About six o’clock in the afternoon of September 22, 1947, one of the appellant’s trains, consisting of a passenger car and a combination baggage and…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pomponio v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
  2. Stavola v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
  3. Leblanc v. GrilloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
  4. Marley v. New England Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
  5. Ulrich v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mashpee Tribe v. New Seabury Corp., Mashpee Tribe v. New Seabury Corp., Mashpee Tribe v. New Seabury Corp., Matthew B. Connolly, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
  2. Lifetime Siding, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  3. La France v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1961
  4. Irene W. Quisenberry and Bruce W. Quisenberry v. Samuel Herman and Clara H. HermanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  5. Kovrig v. VasquezCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1969

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