Sauer v. Interurban Street Railway Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Fourth District. Action by August Sauer against the Interurban Street Railway Company. From a j'udgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. Argued before FREEDMAN, P. J„ and MacREAN and SCOTT, JJ.
1Opinion of the CourtMacLEAN, J.
An employe of the plaintiff, driving northerly in a covered wagon, with back obstructed by a leather curtain, and on the easterly track of the defendant, for about the distance of a block, unnecessarily, without looking back, • and being struck in the rear by a north-bound car as he was turning to the southwest corner of Twelfth street and said avenue, the owner may not complain for damages to his property, for his driver was negligent. Hill v. Met. St. Ry. Co., 30 Misc. Rep. 440, 62 N. Y. Supp. 596. The complaint was properly dismissed. Reynolds v. Larchmont Horse R. Co., 83 App. Div. 189,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hill v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1900
- Reynolds v. Larchmont Horse Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903