McDonald v. Holbrook, Cabot & Daly Contracting Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Holbrook, Cabot & Daly Contracting Company, 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 19th day of May, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury for $4,000, and also from an order entered in 'said clerk’s office on the 23d day of May, 1904, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
Upon the trial the plaintiff recovered a verdict of $4,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in consequence of her falling over an extension of a passageway constructed by the defendant for the use of foot passengers, across and over a tunnel *91being excavated in Fourth avenue, borough of Manhattan, under the direction and authority of the rapid transit railroad commissioners of the city of New York, and upon which it is claimed by the plaintiff that she tripped while walking upon the sidewalk in Twentieth street. This appeal is from the judgment entered upon the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Walsh v. Central New York Telephone & Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Edge v. Third Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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- Sohman v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1907
- Moffett v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1926
- Dickerman v. WeeksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905