Case Name: ALONZO FRANCE, Respondent, v. THE ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1874
Citations: 9 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 513
Docket Number: 
Parties: ALONZO FRANCE, Respondent, v. THE ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 9
Pages: 513–514

Head Matter:
ALONZO FRANCE, Respondent, v. THE ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.
Indian reservation—power of State to construct highway in—Railway compa/ny— duty to heap roadway in repavr—Presumption as to negligence.
In an action to recover for injuries sustained by a horse of the plaintiff in crossing defendant’s tracks, at their intersection with a highway in the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, held (1), that the State had power to construct a highway in such reservation; (2), that the defendant was liable for a neglect to keep its roadway in repair; and that a presumption of negligence arises from the existence of a defect, and the fact that an injury was caused thereby,
Appeal from a judgment of the Cattaraugus County Court, entered upon the verdict of a jury; and from an- order denying a motion for a new trial.
John B. Ganson, for the appellant.
Ansley & Vreeland, for the respondent.
O’Mara v. Commissioners, 3 N. Y. Sup. Ct. Rep., 236.
Werster v. Forty-second Street R. R. Co., 50 N. Y., 203.

Opinion:
Opinion by Gilbert, J.
Judgment and order denying a new trial affirmed.