Dean v. Third Ave. Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Kings county. . Action by Mary A. Dean, as administratrix of the goods, chattels, and credits of William H. Dean, deceased, against the Third Avenue Railroad Company. From a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, William H, Dean, came to his death as the result of an accident on the defendant’s line at the curve thereof in Park Row, in the city of New York, on the afternoon of the 14th day of April, 1897. He was thrown to the ground from the step of a moving car with such force as to inflict injuries from which he died nine days later. According to the testimony introduced in behalf of the plaintiff, the car had stopped on the curve because there was a wagon in front of it, loaded with rolls of paper, which impeded its progress for the time being. While the car was thus…
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- Pitcher v. People's Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Georgia Pacific Ry. Co. v. RobinsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
- Losee v. Watervliet Turnpike & RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1892
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