Lansing v. Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Ruth Lansing, by William H. Lansing, her guardian acl litem, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 23d day of January, 1897, upon the dismissal of her complaint directed by the court after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the the county of Kings.
1Opinion of the Court
Bradley, J.:
On August 2,1896, William H. Lansing with his three daughters, of whom the plaintiff was the youngest, proceeded to hoard the defendant’s car on the curve at the junction of Prospect and Jay-streets, in the city of Brooklyn. After assisting his two older *147daughters, Bertha and Lydia, on to the car, he lifted the plaintiff on to the car and put her on the front seat, with her back to the motorman. Then he proceeded to get on to the car, which was an open one. After the car started, the plaintiff fell from the seat to the ground and was injured. She was then about seven years of age.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Maverick v. . Eighth Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Werle v. . Long Island Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Akersloot v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Lapointe v. Middlesex RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- De Rozas v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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