Legal Opinion
Woloszynowski v. New York Central Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1930PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
The action is one to recover damages resulting in death.
The boy struck by the defendant’s engine went upon the tracks after the lowering of the gates, and stood there in the path of the train and within the overhang of the engine without looking to the right or left.
He was without privilege to be there (Nelson v. Lake Shore & M. S. Ry. Co., 185 App. Div. 174; Hatch v. Lake Shore & M. S. Ry. Co., 219 N. Y. 650; Keller v. Erie R. R. Co., 183 N. Y. 67), for the defendant in effect had given notice to him and to all others that until the raising of the gates the exclusive use of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Rider v. Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Lewis v. . Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Keller v. . Erie Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Bragg v. Central New England Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Wright v. Union Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Rottman v. BeverlySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. WeldonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- Kuchlik v. FeuerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
- Chadwick v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Kumkumian v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
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