Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Lehigh Valley R.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 3, 1930No. 124PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The appellee’s intestate was killed at the Getzville road crossing, northeast of the dty of Buffalo. Appellant’s two tracks cross this road at grade in a northwest and southeast direction. The deceased, in a Ford sedan which he was driving, with three others, proceeded in a southerly direction and was crossing the tracks when he was struck by a locomotive hauling a train of freight cars, and died as a result of injuries thus sustained.

The highway is substantially level, there being a slight grade on the tracks as they are approached from the highway, whieh crosses the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Railroad Company v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  3. Azinger v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  4. Lewis v. . Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
  5. Hickey C. Missouri Pacific Railroad Corp. in NebraskaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gelbin v. New York, N. H. & H. R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
  2. Smith v. Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931

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