Weber v. Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Bochester, Syracuse and Eastern Eailroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 23d- day of December, 1010, upon the verdict of a jury for ninety dollars, and also from an order entered on the 3d day of January, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, the Bochester, Syracuse and Eastern Eailroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 23d- day of December, 1010, upon the verdict of a jury for ninety dollars, and also from an order entered on the 3d day of January, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The action was commenced on the 9th day of April, 1910, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff because of an assault committed upon him by a conductor of…
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, P. J.:
The facts are not in dispute. At all the times in question the defendant was a corporation engaged in operating a trolley railroad between Syracuse and Bochester. The local street railway system in Bochester was owned, controlled and operated by the New York State Bailways. By contract between such corporations the defendant was permitted to enter the city of *86Rochester from the east, running its cars over the University avenue line to its intersection with Main street, and from there on the Main street line to the Four Corners, so calléd, or central part of the city, and the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bradshaw v. South Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Monnier v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Barker v. Central Park, North & East River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Elmore v. . SandsNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Elder v. International Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1910
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- Kenney v. New York Railways Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1915
- Raynor v. New York & Long Island Traction Co., New York County Courts1914
- Rubinger v. New York Railways Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1913