Legal Opinion

Fish v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad

New York Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1913Published

Demurrer to separate defenses contained in answer.

1Opinion of the CourtVan Kirk, J.

This is a demurrer to the second and third separate defenses in the answer on the ground that each is insufficient in law upon the face thereof.

The action is brought to recover damages for injuries occasioned by defendant’s negligence while plaintiff was in a car on defendant’s road, at Elmira, ¡N". Y. The second separate defense alleges that plaintiff delivered a quantity of furniture and horses to the Grand Trunk Railway Company at Jackson, Mich.,' on or about ¡November 3, 1910, for transportation to Ballston Spa, ¡N". Y.; and, on the delivery of said property, the plaintiff signed a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dyke v. Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
  2. Martin v. Pittsburg & Lake Erie RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Faulkner v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  4. Williams v. Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  5. Valk v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

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