Rector v. Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway Company, from, a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office, of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 14th day of February, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $850. ' , This action was commenced on the 30th day of October, 1899, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by . the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, J. :
The plaintiff was a cartman in the city of Syracuse, N, Y., and on the 3d day of August, 1899,'was engaged in carting hardware with a single horse to the Wesleyan Methodist Publishing Building, located on Onondaga street in said city; As the plaintiff turned *396from State street, which crosses Onondaga " street at substantially right angles, onto Onondaga street to go to his place of destination, he observed a steam roller standing upon the southerly side of Onondaga "street next to the curb, some two or three rods dis tant from the publishing building. The steam roller was…
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