Lewis v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Long Island Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 22d day of December, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also 'from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of January, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
On the 31st day of May,'1897, a legal holiday, the plaintiff, in company with twenty other young people connected with the Greene *411Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn, went for a pleasure drive to Valley Stream, Long Island, distant fifteen or sixteen miles from the city. The conveyance, an old-fashioned tally-ho coach, drawn by six horses, two abreast, was hired of Henry Hamilton, a liveryman, who undertook to furnish the party a competent driver. The conveyance was secured by a committee of the society (the Alpha Delta Theta), and was paid for before the trip commenced. The driver,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Heaney v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Dolan v. . Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Harty v. . Central R.R. Co. of New JerseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Koehler v. Rochester & Lake Ontario RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- Henn v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900