McDonald v. Holbrook, Cabot & Daly Contracting Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Kings County. Action by Ida L. McDonald against the Holbrook, Cabot & Daly Contracting Company. From a judgment for plaintiff and from an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtRich, 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 being 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 verdict of…
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- 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
- Oats v. New York Dock Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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- Sohman v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1907