Dwyer v. Buffalo General Electric Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal “by the defendant, Buffalo General .Electric Company, from an order of' the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Trial Term and entered- in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 2d day of April,. 1897, denying its motion for a new trial made upon the minutes after the jury had rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff upon a trial at the Erie Trial Term. -
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
On. the 23d of August, 1895, Michael Dwyer, the husband of the plaintiff, in William street in the city of Buffalo, lost his life, and the plaintiff brings this action to recover damages.
A trial was had at the March Trial Term in Erie county before the court and a jury, and a verdict of $6,000 was rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
It is alleged in the complaint that prior to that time the defendant had constructed one of its lines for the transmission of electricity along the northerly side of William street in the city of Buffalo, and that at the northwesterly corner of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Strohm v. . the N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Clarke v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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- Law v. Central Dist. Printing & Telegraph Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1905
- Mangan v. Hudson River Telephone Co.New York Supreme Court · 1906
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