Dreger v. International Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, International Railway Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 20th day of June, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury for $4,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of June, 1919, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Dissent
Clark, J. (dissenting) :
On the 14th day of July, 1918, at about seven-fifteen p. m., and long before dark, plaintiff’s testator, while riding with one William Jagow as his guest, was killed as the result of a *572collision with one of defendant’s electric trains at what is known as the Ward road crossing on the outskirts of the city of North Tonawanda. It was a signal station of defendant’s road where passengers were taken on and let off on signal.
On the afternoon in question decedent and another gentleman, the Rev. Mr. Leupold, were intending to take the train at this Ward road station for…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brickell v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Read v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Lovas v. . International Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1918