Mehrle v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Kings county. Action by Henry Mehrle against the Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJerks, J.
This action is based upon negligence, and the appeal is from a judgment entered upon a verdict for the plaintiff for $500 damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff complained that while a traveler on a public street in the borough of Brooklyn he was struck by a car of the defendant because of negligence and carelessness in running and operating said car at a “high, unlawful, and dangerous rate of speed, in utterly failing to ring any bell or give any signal of its approach, although the plaintiff was in plain sight of defendant’s motorman, who knew and saw the position in which plaintiff…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McClain v. . Brooklyn City R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Chrystal v. . Troy Boston R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Fenton v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Stabenau v. . Atlantic Ave. R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Hickman v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Kappus v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903