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Smith v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Oct 1, 1924
210 App. Div. 868 (N.Y. App. Div. 1924)

Summary

In Smith v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 201 Pa. 131, 134, 50 A. 829, which was a suit for damages for injuries received in an accident on a bridge which the defendant company, pursuant to a contract between it and a borough, had built and turned over to the borough some five years before the accident, this Court said that "Doubtless [the Railroad Company] was interested to avoid grade crossings, and as an inducement to the borough to vacate the streets it offered to erect and maintain the bridge.

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Opinion

October, 1924.

Present — Hubbs, P.J., Clark, Davis, Sears and Taylor, JJ.


Judgment affirmed, with costs. All concur.


Summaries of

Smith v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Oct 1, 1924
210 App. Div. 868 (N.Y. App. Div. 1924)

In Smith v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 201 Pa. 131, 134, 50 A. 829, which was a suit for damages for injuries received in an accident on a bridge which the defendant company, pursuant to a contract between it and a borough, had built and turned over to the borough some five years before the accident, this Court said that "Doubtless [the Railroad Company] was interested to avoid grade crossings, and as an inducement to the borough to vacate the streets it offered to erect and maintain the bridge.

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Case details for

Smith v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM A. SMITH, as Administrator, etc., of WILLIAM J. SMITH, Deceased…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Oct 1, 1924

Citations

210 App. Div. 868 (N.Y. App. Div. 1924)

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