Sonn v. Erie Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Collins, J.

Recovery was had for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff through being thrown from a bicycle while riding upon the Pompton turnpike across the New York and Greenwood Lake branch of the Erie railroad. This branch is a single-track road, originally constructed under the charter of the Montclair Railway Company {Pamph. L. 1867, p. 301), and at the time of the accident was owned and controlled by the defendant, upon which devolved, therefore, the duty imposed by section 9 of said charter “to construct and keep in repair good and…