Atkins v. New York City Railway Co.
This text of 94 N.Y.S. 500 (Atkins v. New York City Railway Co.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
In this action to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant while the plaintiff was in the act of alighting from one of its cars, the trial justice, at the request of the plaintiff, charged the jury “that the railroad is bound to carry passengers safely, to use [501]*501the utmost care and skill of a cautious person in doing so,” and the defendant excepted. This was error (Stierle v. Union Ry. Co., 156 N. Y. 70, 50 N. E. 419) calling for a reversal of the judgment entered upon the verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.
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