Beers v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Kings County. Action by Sarah F. Beers against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, entered upon a verdict of the jury, and from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
Plaintiff alighted from a north-bound street car in Fourth avenue in the city of New York, and waited on the cross-walk until it had started north on the easterly track and cleared the way for her to cross Fourth avenue westward. She was struck by a south-bound car on the westerly track, and thrown back upon the north-bound track, sustaining severe injuries. The plaintiff testified that, as the *786car on which she had been a passenger…
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- Zwack v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Smith v. . Lehigh Valley R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Sesselmann v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Turell v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Towner v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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