Summary
In Morris v. New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company (106 N.Y. 678) a passenger was injured by the falling upon him of a clothes-wringer placed in a rack over his seat by another passenger; and the court held the measure of care required of a carrier of passengers in such a case was not the highest care which human vigilance could give, but that the company was only to be held to reasonable care, to be measured by the circumstances surrounding the case.
Summary of this case from Kelly v. Manhattan R. Co.Opinion
Argued June 27, 1887
Decided October 4, 1887
Matthew Hale for appellant.
Andrew Hamilton for respondent.
PECKHAM, J., reads for reversal and new trial.
All concur, except DANFORTH, J., dissenting.
Judgment reversed.