Belford v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn Heights 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 Kings on the 18th day of December, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $235, and also, from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of January, 1903, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J. :
The judgment recovered by the plaintiff is for injuries to a horse, wagon and harness belonging to him, occasioned by a rear-end collision with one of the defendant’s cars, in the borough of Brooklyn. The plaintiff is a contractor, and the property in question was at the time in the charge of a driver in his employ engaged at the time in carrying mail. The driver drove upon the north-bound track on Third avenue at Sixty fifth street, and continued driving north, or toward the City Hall, until he reached a point between Sixty-second and Sixty-first streets, when he was run into…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Devine v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Quinn v. Brooklyn City RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Reynolds v. Larchmont Horse Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Bossert v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899