Skinner v. New York, O. & W. Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Action by Henry A. Skinner against the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Company.
1Opinion of the CourtForbes, J.
This is an action of negligence. The accident complained of occurred on or about the 21st day of February, 1899, between the villages of Sidney, Delaware county, and East Guilford, Chenango county, at a crossing known as “Beckham’s Crossing.” The plaintiff, after describing the crossing, and pleading due care and want of contributory negligence on his part, in his amended complaint, in substance, alleges that while driving a horse attached to a cutter along a public highway, over which the defendant’s railroad crossed upon an elevated structure, said horse became frightened by the defendant’s…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Warner v. . the New York Cen. R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Co. v. GainesIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Favor v. Boston & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Lamb v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- The People v. . the New-York Central Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1855
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Miller ex rel. Carpenter v. EngleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
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