Baker v. Manhattan Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of New York, entered upon an order made Hay 2, 1887, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict, and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendant was not shown to be guilty of any negligence contributing to the injury.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of New York, entered upon an order made Hay 2, 1887, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict, and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendant was not shown to be guilty of any negligence contributing to the injury. (Morris v. N. Y. C. R. R. Co., 106 N. Y. 678; Lafflin v. B. & S. W. R. R. Co., Id. 136; Palmer v. P. Co., 111 id. 488; Kelly v. M. R. Co., 112 id. 443; Kelly v. N. Y. & S. B.…
1Opinion of the Court
haight, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for a personal injury. The plaintiff was a teacher in one of the public schools in the city of Hew York, and was also engaged as a private teacher of music. Her story is, in substance, that on the morning of the 22d of May, 1883, she took a train upon the defendant’s road to go to her school; that the place for her to alight was at the Seventy-sixth street station; that after the train had arrived at the station and stopped, she arose from her seat, went to the door, opened it and stood upon the sill of the door in the doorway waiting for…
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