Legal Opinion

Craswell v. New York & South Brooklyn Ferry & Steam Transportation Co.

City of New York Municipal Court

Decided April 15, 1899Published

Appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, rendered upon a verdict, and. from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtConlan, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion to set aside the verdict' and for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict is excessive and contrary to the evidence.

The action was brought to recover damages for an assault alleged to have been committed upon plaintiff by one of the defendant’s employees while she was .proceeding to take passage on one of the defendant’s ferry-boats at the foot of Thirty-ninth street in the city of Brooklyn.

The answer denies the several allegations of the complaint.

We have…

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stephens v. Hudson Valley Knitting Co.New York Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Banham v. RobertsNew York Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Millott v. New York & N. E. R.New York Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Hardcastle v. HeineAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1898

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