Green v. Middlesex Valley Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by tlie defendant, The Middlesex Valley Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the comity of Monroe on the 18th day of December, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of January, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, J.:
The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for personal injuries received by her while attempting to alight from one of the defendant’s trains. At the time of the accident the defendant was a common carrier and was engaged in operating a short line of railroad between Stanley and Naples, in the county of Ontario. About midway between these two termini is a station known as “ Middle-sex,” and on the evening of March 8, 1893, the plaintiff reached this station upon one of the defendant’s trains, and, in attempting to *414alight therefrom, fell between the car step and station…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lafflin v. . Buffalo Southwestern R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Lyon v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Boyce v. . Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Baumeister v. Durham Realty Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
- Barnwell v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961
- Hilbring v. WisanskyAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1908