Legal Opinion
Bruno v. City of Middletown
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1979PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
John W. Sweeny, J.
On March 24, 1978, the infant plaintiff was injured when she allegedly fell into a hole located between railroad tracks at a point where they cross Chestnut Avenue in the City of Middletown. When plaintiffs brought suit against the city and the Middletown & New Jersey Railway Co. (Railroad), the defendant Railroad commenced a third-party action against the Town of Wawayanda based on an alleged 1960 maintenance and indemnification agreement.
The agreement has its foundation in a written instrument whereby the Railroad conveyed to the town an easement for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Salamy v. New York Central SystemAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
- Durr v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bruno v. City of MiddletownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979