Legal Opinion
Meisle v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1916PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On November 26, 1911, plaintiff's intestate, Frank Meisle, was a passenger on defendant's steam ferry boat from Weehawken to West Forty-second street. A portion of the boat called the "horse runway" was set apart for vehicles, the foremost of which were placed about seventy feet from the bow. Passengers used the forward part of the boat in front of the vehicles. At each end of the boat were gates, three feet high, made of iron bars bolted together. Back of these were two chains to be stretched across the width of the ferry boat and hooked to posts. When properly in place they swung fifteen…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Munsey v. WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Loftus v. . Union Ferry Company of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Middleton v. . WhitridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- McGrell v. Buffalo Office Building Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Condran v. . Park TilfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Marks v. . CowdinNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Imbrey v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Strobel v. ParkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Robert v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Larson v. . Nassau Electric R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
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