Flieg v. Levy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Barney Levy, 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 23d day of February, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from an older entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of March, 1911, denying the said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
The defendant Barney Levy appeals from a judgment' in plaintiff’s favor, in an action to recover for personal injuries received in consequence of the kick of a horse which he is alleged to own. The defendants gave no testimony; The plaintiff was nine years old at the time of the accident. With several children of about his own age he was playing upon a sidewalk. The horse Was led up the street by one of .the appellant’s employees, who 'at intervals struck the horse With a chain, causing him to rear and jump. On reaching a point opposite the place where the children were playing, the…
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