Guyon v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, second district, borough of The Bronx, in favor of the plaintiff, upon a trial had before the court and a jury; and also from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial, made on the ground of fraud and newly discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries, claimed to have been received by the plaintiff at the comer of Patchen avenue and Halsey street, borough of Brooklyn, on the 3d day of June, 1905, while in the act of boarding one of defendant’s cars, after it had stopped.
*515A verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $500 was rendered by the jury; and the defendant, in bringing on this appeal, states in the brief that the only questions raised are those presented by the exceptions taken to the justice’s charge.
Among the exceptions so noted, is one to an instruction substantially to…
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