McNaughton v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the City Court, affirming a judgment of the Trial Term in favor of the plaintiff, for personal injuries resulting from the negligence of the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
The only exceptions urged upon this appeal by the appellant are (1) to a refusal of the trial judge to charge that there was no evidence from which the jury might find damages for loss of occupation or business, and (2) to' the amendment by the trial judge in striking out the word “ solely ” from the following request to charge, viz.: “ In an action of this kind it is an inflexible rule of law that to entitle the plaintiff to recover, the jury, from all the evidence in this case, must be satisfied of two . things, first, that the injury sustained by the plaintiff was caused solely by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Laidlaw v. SageAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Orsor v. Metropolitan Cross-Town RailwayNew York Supreme Court · 1894