D'Arcy v. Westchester Electric Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, George C. D’Arey, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the loth day of July, 1902, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing the complaint in an action brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him through the negligence of the defendant. He was a passenger on a car of the defendant operated by an overhead trolley wire. It was a closed car and the plaintiff was standing on the rear platform. The car was moving south from Mt. Vernon to West Farms. Plaintiff was standing on the left side of the platform,, he facing the north, with his left hand behind him grasping a brass rod which was placed across a window for its…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Piehl v. Albany RailwayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Poulsen v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Piehl v. . Albany RailwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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- Glassman v. SurplessNew York Supreme Court · 1907
- King v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
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