Legal Opinion

Trolan v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from a judgment of the County Court of Jefferson county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Jefferson on the 13tli day of August, 1897, upon the decision .of the court affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiff rendered by a justice of the peace for fifty dollars damages and two dollars and fifteen cents costs.

1Opinion of the Court

Hardin, P. J.:

Plaintiff alleges that on the 15th of January, 1897, he applied at the ticket office of the defendant, in the village of Antwerp, that being a, village duly incorporated under the laws of the State, “ for the purchase of a mileage book entitling the holder to ride or travel one *321thousand miles on said road, and tendered and paid to the agent and officer of defendant in charge of said office the sum of twenty dollars in payment for said book; that the defendant returned said money to plaintiff and refused to issue said book or sell the same to this plaintiff, or to accept the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Corcoran v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Horton v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
  2. Horton v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
  3. Dow v. Syracuse, Lakeside & Baldwinsville RailwayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  4. Milton Hospital & Convalescent Home v. GarberMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1939
  5. Watson v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1898

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