Barnes v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Motion for nonsuit, made at close of the evidence, hut decision reserved, pursuant to section 1187 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The plaintiff had a verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtRogkebs, J.
This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, on the evening of Rovember 27, 1902, by slipping upon grease or oil on the platform of defendant’s passenger station, while alighting from one of its cars, at the city of Syracuse.
At this city: the defendant maintains a train shed about 700 feet long and 80 feet wide, covering several tracks that at this point run east and west. Between the tracks is an asphalt platform, the top of which is eight to ten inches above the top, and from sixteen to twenty inches outside, of the rail, making a convenient,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- McDonald v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
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- Searles v. . Manhattan Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Lafflin v. . Buffalo Southwestern R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
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