Floettl v. Third Avenue Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John Floettl, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, The Third Avenue Railroad Company, entered in the office of the clerk of the connty of Hew York on the 23d day of May, 1896, and also from a judgment in favor of the defendant, The Jonson Engineering and Foundry Company, entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of May, 1896, upon a dismissal of the complaint directed by the court after a trial before the court and a…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, John Floettl, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, The Third Avenue Railroad Company, entered in the office of the clerk of the connty of Hew York on the 23d day of May, 1896, and also from a judgment in favor of the defendant, The Jonson Engineering and Foundry Company, entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of May, 1896, upon a dismissal of the complaint directed by the court after a trial before the court and a jury at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of Hew York.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, which injuries, it is alleged, resulted from the negligence of both the defendants. lie now appeals from the judgment entered upon a dismissal of his complaint at the trial. The Third • Avenue Railroad Company is a ■ corporation operating a line of street railway cars, moved by cable power, in the city of Hew York, and the defendant, the Jonson Company, is a manufacturing corporation engaged in the business of making and putting in place appliances or apparatus to move cable cars such as were…
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