Horan v. Rockwell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
. Appeal by the defendant, William B. Rockwell, as temporary receiver of the Syracuse, Lakeside and Baldwinsville Railway, from a judgment of the Cotinty Court of Onondaga' county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 2.1st day of June, 1905, -affirming a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of- Syracuse in favor- of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Nash, J.:
•The plaintiff, a girl' of- seventeen years,-orí the afternoon of July 4,.1904, boarded a car of the Syracuse, Lakeside' and Baldwinsville > Railway, operated by the defendant as temporary .receiver. The *523cars were crowded, several having passed the point where the plaintiff was waiting for a car without stopping. The car in question, an open car, stopped, the seats of which were filled and people were standing outside on the running board of the car. The plaintiff got on and stood on the funning board, holding on to the stanchion or post which supports the roof of the car, and rode…
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