Sheridan v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Long Island- Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, •entered in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the 22d day of November, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $13,500, .and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of November, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
On March 2, 1895, the plaintiff applied to the defendant for ■employment as a “ helper on the track ” by a written application which contains the following clause: “I do hereby agree as a condition of my employment to obey strictly all the rules, and regulations ef the Long Island Railroad Company or the New York and Rock-*382away Beach Railway Company, now in force or that may be issued from time to time for the government of its employees. * . * * ■ I also certify that I can read and write the English language; that I personally filled out this application, and I make the same…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Whittaker v. . D. H.C. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Cameron v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Moeller v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- Larkin v. New York Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915