Munday v. Nassau Electric Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Motion to set aside a verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtCropsey, J.
The plaintiff has had a verdict. A motion to set it aside was made on the ground that it was contrary to the evidence. Plaintiff was the only witness on her side as to the manner in which the accident occurred. The defendant called two passengers besides the crew of the car. If the accident occurred in the manner in which these witnesses said it did the plaintiff could not recover. If it happened the way the plaintiff said it did then the verdict was proper. The jury believed the plaintiff. Had the court been the decider of the facts it would have found a verdict for the defendant. But is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McDonald v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Reeve v. DennettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Layman v. John Anderson & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Jarchover v. Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- von der Born v. SchultzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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