Legal Opinion

Hickman v. Nassau Electric Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 19, 1899Published

Appeal from trial term, Kings county. Action by Johanna Hickman against the Nassau Electric Railroad Company. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, and from an order denying a motion for new trial, she appeals. Reversed.

1Per curiam

The testimony of the plaintiff on the trial which now comes up for review brings the case within our decision in the suit of her husband against, the same defendant, and demands a reversal of the judgment. Hickman v. Railroad Co., 41 App. Div. 629, 58 N. Y. Supp. 858. It is true that on the first trial of this action it appeared that the plaintiff walked slowly across the street, looking neither to the right nor the left, and that the picture presented was that of a person loitering heedlessly. Hickman v. Railroad Co., 36 App. Div. 376, 56 N. Y. Supp. 751. On the trial of her husband’s case,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hickman v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  2. McKee v. LaveryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  3. Hickman v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899

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