Buck v. Manhattan Railway Co.
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from trial term; Henry W. Bookstaver, Judge. Action by Carlos C. Buck against the Manhattan Railway Company, for injuries received through defendant’s alleged negligence. At the conclusion •of plaintiff’s evidence the court dismissed his complaint, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLarremore, C. J.
The plaintiff was nonsuited upon the trial, and the ■ case for review presents a close question as to the defendant’s liability. Plaintiff was a passenger on the elevated railroad in Third avenue, and when the train reached the station at Sixty-Seventh street he walked from his seat to the platform of the car, and, while ¿here, some persons in their attempt to board the train caused him to fall between the car platform and the station platform. •One of his legs was broken, and for this injury he brought suit.
It does not appear that any precaution was taken by the guard upon tin. "train to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Maverick v. . Eighth Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Byrne v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hansen v. North Jersey Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1900
- Jacobs v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Pennsylvania R. v. StocktonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1911
- Towns v. Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1889