Sheeron v. Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the plaintiff’s case upon a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J. :
Plaintiff’s intestate, Francis Sheeron, boarded an open car of the defendant corporation, which operated an electric railroad along Smith street, Brooklyn. The car was very much crowded and he took his position on the running board, with his back to the body of the car and his hands on the stanchions on each side of him. While in this position, there was a sudden jerk of the car after it had passed Schermerhorn street, and he was thrown off the car and received injuries which resulted in his death.
At the trial the court dismissed the complaint, and the exceptions directed to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hassen v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by6 opinions
- St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. FittsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Ramsey v. McKaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Sheeron v. Coney Island & Brooklyn RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Lomas v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Martin v. New York & Stamford Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
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