Helfgott v. Tannen

TMs is a motion by the plaintiff to transfer the action from the City Court of the City of New York to this court, and for leave to serve an amended complaint increasing the amount sued for from $6,000 (the limit of the City Court’s jurisdiction) to $50,000. The suit is for damages for injuries claimed to have resulted from the negligence of the operator of a public conveyance, of which plaintiff was a passenger for hire. The accident occurred on February 13,1954, and the City Court action was instituted on April 29,1954.

It may be, as claimed by the defendants, that the grievousness of the…