Case Name: Timothy McCarthy, Respondent, v. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1879-01-21
Citations: 76 N.Y. 592
Docket Number: 
Parties: Timothy McCarthy, Respondent, v. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 76
Pages: 592–592

Head Matter:
Timothy McCarthy, Respondent, v. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, Appellant.
(Argued December 19, 1878;
decided January 21, 1879.)
This was an action to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received at a highway crossing, and to have been occasioned by defendant’s negligence.
' The sole question presented on appeal was whether the place, where the accident happened, had become a public highway by dedication or prescription. Held, that whether it was so or not was a question of fact, and that the evidence was sufficient to authorize the jury to find that it was a public highway.
A P. Laning for appellant.
Francis H Wood for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam
mem. for affirmance.
All concur, except Rapadlo, J., absent.
Judgment affirmed.