Steinle v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Edmund Steinle, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in. the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d day of November, 1900, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
This action was brought to recover for personal injuries. The plaintiff testified that he was a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars going uptown upon Seventh avenue; that when the car got to Forty-eighth street he gave a sign to the conductor to stop; that the car came to a stop and the plaintiff got up to alight; and that as he attempted to get off the car the conductor gave a sign, the car started, gave a sudden jerk and threw him to the ground.
On behalf of the defendant the driver testified that upon approaching Forty-eighth street he received a signal to stop the car;…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McDonald v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
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