Guilfoos v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Cayuga county court. Action by Jacob Guilfoos against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company for injuries to plaintiff’s mare. From a judgment of the county court affirming a judgment of a justice’s court for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries received by the plaintiff’s mare in a barbed-wire fence. The plaintiff, in his complaint, alleges that he is the owner of a farm adjoining the defendant’s railroad; “that along the lands of plaintiff said defendant constructed and put up a barbed-wire *926fence, and has continued to maintain the same until the grievance hereinafter alleged; that such barbed-wire fence was put up and maintained against the express wish and consent of plaintiff, and contrary to a contract made by and between said West Shore Company and plaintiff at the time of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rehler v. Western New York & Pennsylvania RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1889
3Cited by2 opinions
- Bartlett v. State ex rel. HamiltonIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
- Wilklow v. BennettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929