Wilkins v. Beadleston & Woerz
New York Supreme Court
Action for damages for personal injuries by the negligence of the defendant, a corporation, by one of its beer wagons running over the plaintiff in a street. Verdict for the plaintiff, and motion on the minutes for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
The cause came on the day calendar on Friday, December 14th. Eo excuse was offered by either side; both sides answered “ready”. By a printed calendar rule in Kings county a cause is never reached for trial the first day it comes on the day calendar, but is passed for that day if marked ready. On the call of the day calendar on Monday, December 17th, and again the next day, the defendant requested that the cause be postponed on the ground of the absence of witnesses. By another printed calendar rule motions to pospone or put causes off are not heard orally in Kings county, but have…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Starin v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Brill v. LordNew York Supreme Court · 1817
- Brown v. MoranNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1883
- Fake v. EdgertonThe Superior Court of New York City · 1866
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- Warth v. Moore Blind Stitcher & Overseamer Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908