Reed v. New York & Richmond Gas Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York and Richmond Gas Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Richmond, in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the 25th day of January, 1904.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The action is for trespass in that servants of the defendant broke open a cellar door in order to take out a meter belonging to the defendant in the premises of the plaintiff. The plaintiff served a bill of particulars wherein he claimed for compensatory damages, $150; punitive damages, $75 ; damages to the cellar door and for the repair of the same, $25. The learned Municipal Court justice charged the jury that if they believed the servants of the defendant “ broke in,” they might award “ any sum of damages you believe proper up to the limit of $250.” The jury returned a verdict of…
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- Adams v. RiversNew York Supreme Court · 1851
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