Zvonik v. Interurban Street Railway Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from City Court of New York. Action by Catherine Zvonik against the Interurban Street Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, P. J.
Plaintiff’s injuries were sustained while he was • a passenger in a closed car of the defendant which collided with a wagon that had gone upon the track in order to get around an obstruction formed by another wagon standing backed up against the curb of the street. Defendant complains of that part of the charge by which the jury were told that the defendant was bound to exercise the highest degree of care for the safety of its passengers, which proposition was duly excepted to. Conceding that since the decision of Stierle v. Union Railway Company, 156 N. Y. 70, 50 N. E. 419, this is not a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stierle v. . Union Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Schneider v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Kelly v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903