Horn v. New Jersey Steamboat Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New Jersey Steamboat 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 10th day of March, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from •so much of an order entered in said clerk’s office oh the 10th day of March, 1897, as denies the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
On the evening of the 1st day of December, 1891, the plaintiff was a passenger on the defendant’s steamboat Drew on a trip' from Albany to New York. During the night, while lying in a berth which had been assigned to her, the berth just above her, occupied *303by another woman, fell upon her, and she claims that she received injuries in consequence thereof. On the 1st of March, 1894, this action was brought to recover damages for those in juries. At that time, as the plaintiff claims, her injuries had become very serious. On the trial which took place in 1897, the plaintiff recovered a…
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