Foran v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Erie county. Action by Richard Foran against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on a verdict of $5,000 for plaintiff, and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, made on a case and exceptions, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
The plaintiff was quite seriously injured in a collision with a locomotive operated by the defendant while crossing the defendant’s tracks on Breckenridge street, at Black Rock, in the city of Buffalo, on June 13, 1889. He was at that time a teamster engaged in drawing dirt with a wagon and a team of horses, and was passing along Breckenridge street, w'hich crosses the defendant’s tracks at right angles, with a load of dirt, which weighed about two tons. A considerable grade is shown in this street from Niagara street to within a short distance of the railway tracks; but manifestly it was not…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Heaney v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
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- Puff v. Lehigh Valley RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1893
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