Legal Opinion

Vogel v. Bahr

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 5, 1909PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Lawrence W: H. Vogel, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, the Union Railway Company of Hew York City, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 17th day of May, 1907, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction óf the court after a trial at the Hew York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26tli day of April, 1907, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new…

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Appeal by the plaintiff, Lawrence W: H. Vogel, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, the Union Railway Company of Hew York City, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 17th day of May, 1907, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction óf the court after a trial at the Hew York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26tli day of April, 1907, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Scott, J.:

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaint as against the defendant Union Railway Company, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

The plaintiff was a passenger on one of the defendant’s electric cars. The route of the car was easterly through One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street to Madison avenue, there turning north and proceeding along said avenue. The plaintiff was standing on the rear platform. Ho question was made» as to his right to stand there, and as the defendant successfully objected to certain questions the answers to which might have shown that…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hill v. . Ninth Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Berkowitz v. Consolidated Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  2. Kaliniak v. JolineAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1910

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