Legal Opinion

Levine v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad

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

Decided November 19, 1909PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Abraham Levine, from a judgment of the Hunicipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the defendant, rendered on the 7th day of June, 1909.

1Opinion of the Court

Burr, J.:

On the 28th day of September, 1908, the defendant operated a street surface railway running through Church avenue in the borough of Brooklyn, known as the Reid Avenue line. The plaintiff was a passenger on one of the cars of that line, and when running through Church avenue, near its intersection with Flatbush avenue, the car belonging to the defendant company ran into another car operated by the Nassau Electric Railway Company. This action was brought to recover for the injuries which plaintiff claims to have then sustained. The fact that plaintiff was a passenger, and that the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Loudoun v. . Eighth Ave. R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
  2. Robinson v. . Consolidated Gas Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
  3. Elliott v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pollock v. Rapid Industrial Plastics Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  2. McLoughlin v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911

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