Rippe v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, 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 4th day of April, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $3,750, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of April, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The plaintiff, a woman fifty-five years of age, sues to recover' for injuries sustained by her in alighting from one of the cars of the ■ defendant. She alleges in her complaint that on September 7,1866, •one of the open cars had come to a full stop on Broadway, opposite the City Hall Park, in the city of New York; that she attempted to enter the car; that after she had gotten upon the step at the side, ■the car suddenly started without warning, and threw her to- the pavement, whereby she was bruised and injured, her right arm sprained and her side and abdominal muscles so…
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