Edall v. New England Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New England Bailroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orange on the 16th day of November, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of December, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. . ;
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
At the time when the plaintiff received the injuries which gave rise to this action, he was in the employment' of Messrs. Thomas C. Platt and Marsden J. Perry, as receivers of the New York and New England Bailroad Company, performing the duties of brakeman and -other duties in the operation of the said railroad, at Eislikill Landing, N. Y. He alleged in his complaint that while so engaged he had occasion to and did enter between two cars to make .a coupling, and while so doing the bumpers, or dead woods, or ends of said cars, unexpectedly and violently came together in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Goodrich v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
3Cited by4 opinions
- Flynn v. GordonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1933
- Logan v. DavidsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Edall v. New England RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Picker v. FitzelleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898