New York Court of Appeals June 7, 1898 (Ayers v. . Rochester Railway Co.)

Bartlett, J.

This is an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff while a

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passenger on one of defendant’s street cars in the city of Rochester, by reason of the negligence of the company.

The plaintiff, a young lady twenty-two years of age at the time of the accident, was a teacher in a public school.