Smith v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeals in each case by the defendant, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from two judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, one in each case, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 9th day of January, 1914, upon verdicts of the jury, and also from two orders, one in each case, entered in said clerk’s office on the 26 th day of January, 1914, denying the defendant’s motions for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
These judgments were for damages by the burning of a barn and its contents near the tracks of the Harlem division of the defendant’s railroad at Dover in Dutchess county. The upper part of this barn of three stories was nearly filled with hay. The structure was ninety-six feet long and sixty-six feet wide and about fifty feet in height, surmounted by two cupolas about twelve feet from either end. The barn was a distance stated from one hundred and ten to one hundred and twenty-five feet west of defendant’s tracks. It had an opening in the roof for the operation of the hay fork,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- White v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
3Cited by3 opinions
- Crocker v. CrockerNew York Supreme Court · 1967
- Campbell v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
- Smith v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914