Ehrmann v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric 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 30th day of January, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of February, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Bradley, J. :
The plaintiff’s intestate, then of the age of four years and ten months, was, on May 31,1896, while proceeding to cross Central avenue, struck and killed by the defendant’s trolley car going southerly upon the avenue. This occurred at or near the crossing of Bleecker street. There was evidence bearing upon the charge of the defendant’s negligence sufficient to permit the court to submit that question to the jury. And the questions requiring consideration arise upon exceptions taken. The speed of the car was the subject of inquiry, and evidence was given that the car was going…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Greany v. . Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Culhane v. . N.Y. Cen. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Huerzeler v. . C.C.T.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Penny v. Rochester Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Albert v. Albany Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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