Koehler v. Rochester & Lake Ontario Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Monroe county. Action by Jacob Koehler against the Rochester & Lake Ontario Railroad Company to recover for personal injuries sustained in a collision. From a judgment entered 'on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $12,500, and from an order denying a new trial on the minutes of the court, defendant appealed. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The plaintiff was hired as a musician to accompany a pleasure'party from Rochester to Irondequoit Bay on a Sunday morning in August, 1892. There were 28 of the party, and they went and returned in a hired carryall, driven by the owner. On their return, in the evening, they came into the city by Jennings street, and it was just about 9 o’clock when they reached the intersection of Jennings street with North avenue, on the east side of which was the track of the defendant’s road. At this crossing the carryall was struck by a locomotive engine of the defendant, drawing'a tr&in from the north,…
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