Levien v. Webb
City of New York Municipal Court
Appeal from trial term. Action by John J. Levien against W. Seward Webb, as president, etc. From a judgment for plaintiff, and an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Dwyer, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries sustained by him through the negligence of the defendant while he was lawfully an occupant of one of the defendant’s cars. The plaintiff entered the car about 15 minutes before it left Cleveland, which was at 8:30 on the evening of October 5, 1896. He retired at about 9:30, and rose the next morning at about quarter to 6,—about an hour before the car was due at Cincinnati. He was proceeding from his berth at one end of the car towards the wash room, at the other end, and when halfway stumbled over a large valise which…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lycett v. Manhattan Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Piper v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Lycett v. Manhattan Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896