Moore v. New York Elevated Railroad
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from trial term. Action by Eliza Jane Moore against the TSTew York Elevated Railroad Company and another. A motion made at trial term to set aside the verdict on the ground of the misconduct of the jury was denied, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBookstaver, J.
This was a common-law action, brought to recover damages for the maintenance and operation of the elevated railroad in front of the plaintiff’s premises, 371 Greenwich street. The action had been on trial for more than two days, when, a witness for defendant not being present as subpoenaed, the'defendants’ counsel requested the court to take its usual recess, it then being near that hour, and suggested that meanwhile the jurors might visit the premises. To this plaintiff’s counsel assented; and the presiding judge gave the jury such permission, provided they all went together. Some of the…
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