Judson v. Central Vermont Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, St. Lawrence county. Action by Charles H. Judson against the Central Vermont Railroad Company for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $2,000, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, made on the minutes, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
The case discloses that on the 2d of November, 1893, at about 6:30 o’clock, the plaintiff, while driving a team, hitched to a heavy lumber wagon, on Main street, in the village of Norwood, across the track of the defendant’s railroad, which, at that point, crosses Main street at right angles, was hit by the rear *84end of a freight car attached to a freight train, and which was being backed across the street, and thrown from his wagon, and injured. The railroad track, at this point, seems to constitute a part of the defendant’s railroad yard for making up trains of cars, to be forwarded over its…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fowler v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Albert v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Shires v. Fonda, J. & G. R.New York Supreme Court · 1894
- Bates v. New York Cent. & H. R. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895