Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1908

Marshall v. Auburn & Northern Electric Railroad

Marshall v. Auburn & Northern Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 15, 1908 · McLennan
123 A.D. 911; 108 N.Y.S. 1140
Marshall v. Auburn & Northern Electric Railroad

Opinion of the Court

McLennan, P. J. (dissenting):

I dissent .upon the ground that the omission by the defendant to erect a barrier such as would prevent a runaway horse from running upon and over the portion of the street in question did not establish negli*912gence úpon the part of the defendant;, that the. barrier Contemplated in the franchise was such as would warn persons driving upon the street in question, rather than protect them from any accident resulting from the occupation of such street.

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