Travers v. Murray
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Ambrose S. Murray, Jr., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the | office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 20th day of December, 1902, upon the verdict óf a jury for $1,800, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of- June, 1903, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. - .
1Per curiam
The plaintiff has had a recovery on account of injuries to her person, resulting in a scar across her forehead, which, as appears from the evidence of her witnesses, will always remain with her. She was four years old at the time of the trial. Her forehead was severely cut, and she suffered pain at the time of the infliction of the injuries and for a period of some weeks, during which the wound was healing. The defendant asks that the verdict be reduced. It was in the sum of $1,800, and we do not feel that this is any too large an amount.
The only other question urged by the defendant is that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
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