Lawlor v. French
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Thomas Henry French, from a judg-' ment of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York in favor of the plaintiff, ente'red in the office of the clerk, of said court on the 12th day of December, 1895, after the overruling of exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instancé at the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of December, • 1895, denying the…
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Appeal by the defendant, Thomas Henry French, from a judg-' ment of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York in favor of the plaintiff, ente'red in the office of the clerk, of said court on the 12th day of December, 1895, after the overruling of exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instancé at the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of December, • 1895, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was for excessive damages and otherwise contrary to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries which the plaintiff’s intestate is alleged to have sustained by reason of the kick of a horse upon the stage of the American Theatre in the city of New York, on the 11th of October, 1893, .of which theater the defendant was the manager.
Upon the trial of this action, which was brought in the Court of Common Pleas, a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, upon the coming in of which the defendant moved for a new trial, which was denied. The exceptions in the case were ordered to be heard, in the first instance at the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Muller v. . McKessonNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Hahnke v. . FriederichNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Turner v. CraigheadNew York Supreme Court · 1894
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