Goodall v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.
New York Supreme Court
Action by William W. G-oodall against the Hew York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company for damages for personal injuries received by being struck by an engine while in defendant’s yards. Plaintiff was nonsuited, and moves for a new trial on exceptions ordered to be heard at general term in the first instance. Denied.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The plaintiff was in the service of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in the defendant’s switch yard in the city of Niagara Falls. A track in the yard was used exclusively by the Grand Trunk Company for making up its trains, onto which track, for that purpose, cars were switched by the engines of the defendant, and the trains thus made up on that track were drawn out and across the river by the engines of the Grand Trunk Company; but, before taking the trains out of the yard, notes of the seals, numbers, and initials of the cars were taken. It was the business of the plaintiff to do this. He…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Newson v. . the N.Y.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Goodfellow v. Boston, Hartford & Erie RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Cullen v. President of Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Young v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Dempsey v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.New York Supreme Court · 1894
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- Keeler v. New York CentralAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906