Tuffey v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in each of the above-entitled actions by the plaintiff in such action,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clei'k of the county of Kings, in the first five actions, on the 20th day of May, 1904, and in the last action on the 2d day of May, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said cleric’s office on the 27th day of April, 1904, denying the plaintiffs’ motions for a new trial made…
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Appeal in each of the above-entitled actions by the plaintiff in such action,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clei'k of the county of Kings, in the first five actions, on the 20th day of May, 1904, and in the last action on the 2d day of May, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said cleric’s office on the 27th day of April, 1904, denying the plaintiffs’ motions for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
Notwithstanding the suggestion in O’Gorman v. N. Y. & Queens County R. Co. (96 App. Div. 594), the plaintiffs in five separate actions tried together aslc this court to review the judgments rendered against them, and the order denying a motion for a new trial on a single record.
Each of five plaintiffs, one of whom is an infant, claims to have a separate and distinct cause of action for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant in allowing gas to escape from its pipe into the dwelling of which the plaintiffs were all inmates. Obviously the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- O'Gorman v. New York & Queens County Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904