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Ziehm v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 12, 1966
25 A.D.2d 934 (N.Y. App. Div. 1966)

Opinion

May 12, 1966

Appeal from the Erie Special Term.

Present — Williams, P.J., Bastow, Henry, Del Vecchio and Marsh, JJ.


Order unanimously reversed, without costs of these appeals to any party, and complaints dismissed, without costs. Memorandum: There were presented no issues of material fact. The infant plaintiff, while upon the railroad right-of-way and attempting to board the Chesapeake and Ohio train, was a trespasser. There was no duty owed to him by either defendant that was violated. ( Lo Casto v. Long Is. R.R. Co., 6 N.Y.2d 470; Scholl v. New York Cent. R.R. Co., 3 N.Y.2d 989; Van Houten v. New York, N.H. H.R.R. Co., 286 App. Div. 875, affd. 2 N.Y.2d 739; Van Houten v. Long Is. R.R. Co., 279 App. Div. 1099; Ralff v. Long Is. R.R. Co., 266 App. Div. 794, affd. 292 N.Y. 656; Gleason v. Central New England Ry. Co., 261 N.Y. 333; Penal Law, § 1990, subd. 4; Railroad Law, § 83.)


Summaries of

Ziehm v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
May 12, 1966
25 A.D.2d 934 (N.Y. App. Div. 1966)
Case details for

Ziehm v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

Case Details

Full title:RUDOLPH ZIEHM, JR., an Infant, by RUDOLPH ZIEHM, His Guardian ad Litem…

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

Date published: May 12, 1966

Citations

25 A.D.2d 934 (N.Y. App. Div. 1966)

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