Legal Opinion
Proefrock v. Denney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 10, 1939PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Plaintiff’s intestate, a young man twenty-five years of age, sustained fatal injuries on November 13, 1938, when the car which he was driving northerly on Town Line road in Genesee 'county collided, on or near a railroad grade crossing, with the side of a moving westbound passenger train operated by the defendants.
At that point the two-track right of way of the Erie railroad runs in an easterly and westerly direction and is intersected at right angles by Town Line road — a narrow, gravel highway which, as it approaches the grade crossing from the south, descends at an average grade of ten per…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Culhane v. . N.Y. Cen. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Schrader v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Crough v. New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Chamberlain v. . Lehigh Valley R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Carr v. . Pennsylvania R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Wadsworth v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Cabri v. Long Island Rail RoadNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Paley v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
- Paley v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948