Burfeindt v. New York City Railway Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, second district, borough of The Bronx, rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
1Per curiam
Plaintiff, a passenger upon an Amsterdam avenue car, paid his fare and received a transfer for the crosstown line at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. On boarding the latter car he paid another fare, absent mindedly; but, before the conductor had rung it up, he recovered his memory and requested the return of his five cents, whereupon the conductor abused him and undertook to forcibly remove him from the car. His statement of the occurrence is corroborated and not contradicted. Plaintiff remained upon *652the car until it reached the ferry. Five hundred dollars damages were awarded. No serious…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Conlon v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1901