Connors v. King Line, Limited
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in each of the above-entitled actions by the defendant, The King Line, Limited, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 23d day of April, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000 in the first action and for $8,000 in the second above-entitled action, and also in each action from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of April, 1903, denying the defendant’s…
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Appeal in each of the above-entitled actions by the defendant, The King Line, Limited, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 23d day of April, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000 in the first action and for $8,000 in the second above-entitled action, and also in each action from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of April, 1903, denying the defendant’s motion in such action for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.:
The appeals in these cases are from judgments in favor of the plaintiffs, and orders denying motions in the respective actions for new trials. The intestates in both cases received injuries in the same accident, from which they died. The plaintiffs are their respective administratrices, who seek to recover damages for the deaths, claiming they were caused by the negligence of the defendant. The cases were tried before the same jury, and on practically the same evidence, except that dealing with the' earning capacity, habits and health of the different intestates.
The defendant had…
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