Legal Opinion
Crough v. New York Central R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 1932PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pound, Ch. J.
This is a railroad crossing case in which four young people met their death while riding in a Ford roadster driven by Francis Crough. On Sunday afternoon, July 1, 1928, shortly after five o’clock, in broad daylight, the car was struck by a New York Central train at a crossing which was not a public highway crossing but which was a crossing over a road freely used by travelers to and from a group of summer cottages on Cayuga lake to connect with the State highway. The duty of care at such a crossing might be found to be the same as at a public highway crossing. (Byrne v. N. Y. C.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Nelson v. NygrenNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Byrne v. New York Central & Hudson River R. R.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Schrader v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Chamberlain v. . Lehigh Valley R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Foley v. . N.Y. Central H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Miller v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Rossman v. La GregaNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Joseph C. Tropea v. Shell Oil Company and Maripet Supply CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Wadsworth v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Delaney v. Town of OrangetownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
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