Legal Opinion

Lehigh Valley R. v. Kilmer

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 14, 1916No. 202PublishedCited by 12 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Action for personal injuries by Carl Kilmer against the Eehigh Valley Railroad Company.

1Opinion of the Court

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to recover for injuries sustained by the plaintiff below in attempting to cross in an automobile the tracks of the defendant company at what is known as the Swarthout crossing, near Valois, N. Y. • The automobile was struck by a locomotive drawing a passenger train. The plaintiff was acting at the time as chauffeur for an automobiling party including three other persons: Edgar A. Emens, who is professor of Greek in Syracuse University, his wife, and his sister. The two latter persons received injuries from which they died. Professor Emens and the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Tolman v. Syracuse, Binghamton & New York RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. Harty v. . Central R.R. Co. of New JerseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
  4. Thompson v. . New York Central and Hudson River Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
  5. Rodrian v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1891

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Davis v. BoggsArizona Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Dernberger v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1917
  3. Kinghorn v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  4. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. WaidCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1928
  5. Brien v. Detroit United Ry.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1917

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