Schoenfeld v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, entered upon the dismissal of the complaint, directed by the court after a trial before it and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
The action is brought to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence. The answer is a general denial and that the accident was due to the contributory negligence of the plaintiff.
*202The testimony given for the plaintiff tended to show that at the1 time of the accident, which occurred about one o’clock in the morning on the 30th of September, 1901, the plaintiff, then nineteen years of age, was returning to her home in East Third street, near Avenue O, in the borough of Manhattan, New York city, accompanied by one Morris Levy and two other…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eckert v. . the Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Costello v. . Third Avenue Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Twomley v. . C.P.N. and E.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Manthey v. RauenbuehlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Smith v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Leonard v. JolineAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1908
- Sheridan v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1959