McIntyre v. . New York Central R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
The Plaintiff brought tliis action, under the statute, as administrator of Mrs. Susannah Knight, deceased, in behalf of her next of kin, to recover damages for her death, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the emjDloyés of the Defendant, in November, 1859. It was proved on behalf of the Plaintiff, upon the trial, that Mrs. Knight, in company with her father, an old man, took the cars of the Defendant at Schenectady, and proceeded to Syracuse, occupying the rear…
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The Plaintiff brought tliis action, under the statute, as administrator of Mrs. Susannah Knight, deceased, in behalf of her next of kin, to recover damages for her death, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the emjDloyés of the Defendant, in November, 1859. It was proved on behalf of the Plaintiff, upon the trial, that Mrs. Knight, in company with her father, an old man, took the cars of the Defendant at Schenectady, and proceeded to Syracuse, occupying the rear car of the train. At Syracuse the car in which they were seated was detached from the train, and they were directed to…
1Opinion of the Court
Upon the trial of this action the following facts appeared: On the 14th day of November, 1859, Mrs. Knight, the plaintiff's intestate, started from Rutland, Vermont, in company with her father, to proceed west, into the State of Pennsylvania. They took the defendant's cars at Schenectady and proceeded therein to Syracuse. On arriving at that place, they were seated in the rear car of the train, which the employees of the defendant there determined to detach from the train and leave at that place. That it was so to be left was announced by the brakeman to the passengers in that car, and they…
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- Clark v. VorceNew York Supreme Court · 1836
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