Geiler v. Manhattan Ry. Co.
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from trial term. Action by John A. Henry Geiler against the Manhattan Railway-Company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the negligence of defendant’s servants. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, made on the minutes of the court, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
The plaintiff, 66 years of age at the time, was a passenger on the defendant’s elevated railroad train, seated in the rear car, at some distance from the door, and expected to be carried, without change of cars, to 145th street, near his place of employment, as he had been on former occasions. When the train arrived at 135th street station, the guard announced that fact, but did not at once admonish the passengers to leave the cars, or proclaim that the train was to proceed no further. The plaintiff alone, unaware that the train was not to proceed onward, remained in the car, and was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- H.M. Filer v. . New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- W.T. Filer v. . New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Solomon v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Schuler v. Third Avenue RailroadNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1892