Grant v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Christina T. Grant, from a judgment of Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of April, 1904, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of March, 1904, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, being a passenger upon one of the cars operated by the defendant, was injured owing to the carelessness and negligence of the defendant, its agents or servants, in running into and colliding with a horse and wagon, thereby causing the plaintiff to sustain serious and painful injuries, for which she seeks to recover. The plaintiff was examined as a witness and testified that she got upon the car at Ninety-first street and Madison avenue; that she took a seat in the rear of the car, her mother and sister sitting immediately opposite her;…
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- Hill v. . Ninth Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Griffen v. ManiceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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