Harris v. Union Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, David L. Harris, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 15th day of October, 1901, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, while a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars, signaled the conductor to stop in order to alight; “ that in obedience thereto the conductor gave the usual signal to stop said car; that the car began to slow down as if to come to a full stop; that thereupon the plaintiff at the moment when the ■car had slowed down so far as to be barely in motion, and having been led to expect from the actions of the conductor as aforesaid that said car would come to a full stop, started to alight; but that while plaintiff was in the act of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Armstrong v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Morrison v. . B. S.A.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Sexton v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Armstrong v. . Metropolitan Street Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901