Connolly v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of April, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of April, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the^ minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The action was brought to recover damages for the negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate, which was caused by the collision *611of a horse car driven by the intestate with a train of cars of the defendant at the crossing of the street railroad and the defendant’s road, at Eleventh avenue and Thirty-fourth street, in the city of New York. The track of the defendant’s road was laid down the center of Eleventh avenue. The Thirty-fourth Street Railroad Company extended along Thirty-fourth street and across Eleventh avenue. The plaintiff’s intestate was driving a horse car on that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Port Richmond & Prohibition Park Electric Railroad v. Staten Island Rapid Transit RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1893
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