Legal Opinion
Briggs v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 1903PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On February second, 1902, the plaintiff was injured in a collision on the defendant's belt line in Buffalo. It was a cold, stormy night, and a great deal of snow had fallen and drifted. Objects could not be seen very far through the snow and it continued to storm after the plaintiff left the train. The car in which the plaintiff was seated had the seats arranged so that for a third of the length from either end of the car they were continuous along each side and in the middle third of the car the seats were crosswise. The plaintiff and her aunt sat in the seats crosswise of the car, and after…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Strohm v. . the N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Kleiner v. . Third Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Smith v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Jewell v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by14 opinions
- Woodrow Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Bucher v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Brininstool v. Michigan United Railways Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1909
- Johnson v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Keefe v. . LeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
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