Elliot v. New York Cent. & Hudson River Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Niagara county. Action by Albert W. Elliot, by his guardian ad litem, against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company. Judgment was entered on a verdict for plaintiff, and a motion for a new trial was denied, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
This action was brought to recover damages sustáined by the plaintiff, by reason of being wrongfully ejected from a railway car while traveling as a passenger from New York to Bochester on a special ticket on the West Shore Bailroad, of which the defendant is the lessee. Mr. Elliot, the plaintiff’s father, on the 14th day of January, 1887, at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, purchased two tickets at the ticket-office of the West Shore Company, for Bochester, and in the evening proceeded by ferry-boat to Weehawken, N. J., which is the eastern terminus of the railway tracks. The tickets were…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Elmore v. . SandsNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
3Cited by2 opinions
- Miller v. KingNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Elliott v. New York Cent. & H. R. R. Co.New York Supreme Court · 1889