Legal Opinion

Barkley v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Monroe Circuit and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 10th day of August, 1892, denying its motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, after a trial at the Monroe Circuit, which resulted in the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the Court

Follett, J.:

This action was began September 3, 1885, to recover damages for a personal injury inflicted September 18, 1882, by the negligence, it is alleged, of the defendant and its employees. The action was tried in October, 1887, and resulted in a verdict of $7,000 damages. Upon the coming in of. the verdict the court entertained a motion for a new trial on the minutes, which was argued in July, 1892, and August 8, 1892, an order was entered, entitled as of the Circuit at which the trial was had, denying the motion and giving the defendant sixty days in which to serve a proposed case…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gundlin v. Hamburg-American Packet Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
  2. Griswold v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  3. Gundlin v. Hamburg-American Packet Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
  4. Bank of British North America v. DelafieldNew York Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Barkley v. New York Centrall & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899

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