City of Brooklyn v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county in favor of thé plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the loth day of December, 1897, affirming a judgment of the Justice’s Court in and for the second district of the city of Brooklyn, and also from an order of the County Court of Kings county, entered in said clerk’s office on the 1.4th day of December, 1897, affirming the…
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Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county in favor of thé plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the loth day of December, 1897, affirming a judgment of the Justice’s Court in and for the second district of the city of Brooklyn, and also from an order of the County Court of Kings county, entered in said clerk’s office on the 1.4th day of December, 1897, affirming the judgment of said justice of the peace.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J. :
The action is brought to recover a penalty for the defendant’s breach of an ordinance of the former city of Brooklyn, which reads in part as follows:
“ Sec. 3. Resolved, That each and every railroad company operating cars by electricity on any of the streets, avenues or public places in the city of Brooklyn shall equip within sixty days after this ordi*366nance shall have been approved by his Honor, the Mayor, each and every car so operated with a safety fender or safe guard attached to the front platform of said car or cars which shall extend from the platform of said car or cars…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wheatland v. . PryorNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Lieberman v. VandecarrAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903