Paquet 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 the1 office of the cleric of the county of Kings on the 28th day of January, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of February, 1Q08, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
This is an action to recover for personal injuries resulting, from negligence.
The plaintiff’s story is corroborated by two witnesses and is to the-effect that as she was attempting to alight from one of the defendant’s cars, at the corner of Fifth avenue and Park place, the conductor signaled the motorman to go ahead, and. the car suddenly started, throwing the plaintiff violently to the ground, and proceeded on its way without stopping. One of the corroborating witnesses testified that, she observed the accident from the street corner, where she was waiting to board the car from…
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