Harris v. Second Avenue Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Second Avenue Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of May, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury for $500, and' also from an order bearing date the 12th day of May, 1899, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. '
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The only question raised by the defendant on this appeal is whether the verdict should be set aside as against the weight of evidence. The plaintiff testified that, she was a passenger upon one of the • defendant’s ears ; that she told the conductor she wished a transfer at Stanton street; that the- conductor gave ‘her a transfer ticket about two blocks from Stanton street. “ When the car had stopped, I got up on one foot on the stoop, just put the other foot on the floor when the whistle blowed, the car went and I was laying on the floor. When I say I put one foot on the stoop I…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pierce v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Cassio v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Vonderahe v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905