Legal Opinion

Herdt v. Rochester City & Brighton Railroad

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 21, 1892PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from circuit court, Monroe county. Action by Charles J. Herdt against the Rochester City & Brighton Railroad Company for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.

1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.

This action, which was brought to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff in the collision of two horse cars operated by the defendant upon adjacent tracks on East Main street in the city of Rochester, by which several passengers on the east bound car were brushed off and hurt, resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The evidence returned on this appeal is in all material respects the same as that in another case which has been before this court, growing out of the same accident. Though this cause has been as elaborately argued as was the former one, we must adhere to our…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gray v. Rochester City & Brighton RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Sias v. Rochester Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901

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