Halpern v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric 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 Kings on the 8th day of June, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order bearing date the 19th day of October, 1896, and entered in ' said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial ' made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
In August, 1895, the plaintiff’s wife was a- passenger on one of the defendant’s trolley cars going towards Canarsie.. The track runs through Rockaway avenue, and she alighted at Belmont avenue, which extends to, but does not cross, Rockaway avenue. She passed around the rear end of the car, intending to cross the other track and go into Belmont avenue, the car having stopped at the . crossing. While crossing the track she was struck and killed by a ■ car coming from Canarsie, and the plaintiff recovered a verdict.
We do not consider any other questions in the case than those…
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