Beers v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Sarah F. Beers, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 3d day of March, 1903j upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9th day of February, 1903, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, 'entered upon a verdict of the jury and from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
Plaintiff alighted from a north-bound street car in Fourth avenue in the city of New York, and waited on the crosswalk until it had •started north on the easterly track and cleared the way for her to cross Fourth avenue Westward. She was struck by a south-bound car on the westerly track and thrown back upon the north-bound track, sustaining severe injuries. The plaintiff testified that as the car on which she had been a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Zwack v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Smith v. . Lehigh Valley R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Towner v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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