Legal Opinion
Wright v. Union Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 25, 1928PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate was killed by a trolley car operated by defendant. The accident happened at about eight-fifty p. m. on October 23, 1925. The car was crossing the Madison avenue bridge over the Harlem river. The decedent was sitting at a place in the roadway where there was no crosswalk or any apparent reason for his presence.
The photographs show an electric fight attached to a post at the stationary end of the bridge gates and about fourteen to sixteen feet high. The plaintiff’s witness Spottke testified that it lighted the vicinity; and plaintiff’s witness O’Connor testified that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bragg v. Central New England Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Bragg v. Central New England Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
3Cited by17 opinions
- Panarese v. Union Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Woloszynowski v. N.Y.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Chapin v. StickelWashington Supreme Court · 1933
- Woloszynowski v. New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- O'Connor v. G & R Packing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
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