Zimmer v. Third Avenue Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Queens county. Action by Cecilia J. Zimmer, an infant, by Charles V. Zimmer, her guardian ad litem, against the Third Avenue Railroad Company and the Metropolitan Street-Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from orders denying defendants’ motions for a new trial, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtCullen, J.
The action is for damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff was a passenger on one of the Metropolitan Street-Railway Company’s cars. This defendant has a single track on Houston street, in the city of New York, on which it propels cars by horses. Houston street crosses the Bowery substantially at right angles. The latter is a broad thoroughfare. Along the Bowery are four tracks, two operated by the Third Avenue Railroad Company and the other two by the Fourth Avenue Railroad Company. The Third Avenue Railroad cars, at the time of the accident, were all operated by cable. As the horse car…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of SnellingNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- People v. . BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Stierle v. . Union Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Maverick v. . Eighth Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Garnsey v. . RhodesNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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- Bullock v. Yakima Valley Transportation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1919
- Sohman v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1907
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- Deming v. Terminal Railway of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Clark v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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