Speck v. International Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
.Appeal by the defendant, the International Railway Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Niagara on the 1st day of March, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,600, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 5th day of March, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The plaintiff, a married lady of the. age of sixty-three years, claims to have been injured by reason of the negligence of the defendant while alighting from one of its cars.
The defendant operates a double-track street surface road along the center of River road from Buffalo to Niagara Falls. The respondent resides on the south' side of this road in the village of La Salle; although the land is used for farming purposes it is quite thickly settled. In the forenoon of March 13, 1905, the plaintiff went to Niagara Falls on one of defendant’s cars, accompanied by a married daughter…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Morris v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Dixon v. . Brooklyn City Newtown R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Clifford v. Denver & Rio Grande RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Flack v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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- Durant v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Sheridan v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1959