Carpenter v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
' Appeal by the defendant, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor, of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk in the county of New York on the Rh day of Hay, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of New York, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of Hay, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made…
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' Appeal by the defendant, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor, of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk in the county of New York on the Rh day of Hay, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of New York, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of Hay, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J.:
The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries, caused by the act and procurement of the defendant’s conductor. The plaintiff was a colored man, living in New York city. August 13, 1893, he was a passenger on defendant’s train for New York, which left Long Branch at nine-thirty p. m. At Little Silver the plaintiff was, by the procurement of the conductor, arrested by a constable, taken from the train and locked up. He was brought before the police justice the next morning, and, as no one appeared against him, was discharged. For this arrest and detention the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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