Buckley v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office" of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 28th day of February, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury for $20,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the l4th day of March, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
This action for negligence is brought by the administrator of a servant against master. The accident happened near a railway station of the defendant whereat it was accustomed to substitute locomotive electric engines for locomotive steam engines in the traction of some of its regular trains. The electric engines meanwhile stood upon a switch track, and after a steam engine of a train was shunted to a turntable an electric engine was taken out and coupled with the train. The electric engines were ranged on their switch track in the order of their respective outgoings. The intestate—…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chrystal v. . Troy Boston R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Barstow v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Pennsylvania Co. v. O'ShaughnessyIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Sours v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Dyer v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Burgess v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912