Wilkins v. New York Transportation Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Oity Court of the city of ¡New York, entered in favor of the plaintiff after a trial before the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtFitzgerald, J.
The plaintiff, a man of seventy-three years of age,, on March 13, 1903, in attempting to cross West Broadway at Barclay street from west to east and when about halfway across and while surrounded by a crowd of people, was injured by one of defendant’s automobiles. Plaintiff testified in substance that he was knocked down, from the left side, and fell on his head; that he did not See any wagons or automobiles in front and did not see the machine that struck him until after the accident; that he did not look for anything except the people in front of him. There is not a line of testimony in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fuller v. DederickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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- Minor v. StevensWashington Supreme Court · 1911