Legal Opinion
Ulrich v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided March 13, 1916PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Eighth District. Action by Anna C. Ulrich against the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtWeeks, J.
The plaintiff was injured at the City Hall station of the Elevated Railroad while attempting to board an express train by being pushed against one of the iron columns supporting the rpof of the platform. The court stated in the course of the trial that:
“The gravamen of the plaintiff’s claim was the overcrowded condition which they allowed to exist; whether they had guards there in any number is entirely immaterial.”
It was not shown that the accident resulted solely from overcrowding the platform to such an extent that negligence could be predicated upon the failure of defendant to prevent the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bacon v. Hudson & Manhattan RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ulrich v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1916