Beuchamp v. Excelsior Brick Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Hannah Beauchamp, from two judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 20th day November, 1909, and the 19th day of March, 1910, respectively, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case upon a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
The plaintiff appeals from several judgments of the Trial Term in Kings county, entered in this action, which dismissed her complaint at the close of her evidence as against respective defendants. The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries, and liability was asserted against all of the defendants on the ground that they maintained a public nuisance through which the plaintiff suffered injury. The question of law involved in this appeal is “ whether admitting all the facts presented, and giving to the plaintiff the advantage of every inference that can properly be…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Campbell v. . SeamanNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Ahern v. . SteeleNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Kraus v. . BirnbaumNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Bly v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Adlin v. Excelsior Brick Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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