Legal Opinion
Zwack v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 10, 1899PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff, a boy about ten years old, was injured while on his way to school, at the defendant's crossing at Hydraulic street, Buffalo, on the 24th of October, 1894. The jury rendered a verdict in his favor for $1,000, and the judgment entered thereon has been affirmed at the Appellate Division.
The general question presented by the appeal is whether the trial court committed an error in submitting the case to the jury. The testimony tended to show that the plaintiff, while crossing the street, was struck by the cow-catcher of a passenger train going west at the rate of twenty miles an…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Swift v. . Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Judson v. . Central Vermont R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Byrne v. . the New York Central and Hudson River Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
3Cited by34 opinions
- Camardo v. New York State RailwaysNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Henavie v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Serano v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Willie C. Hooks v. New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Turell v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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