Corley v. New York & Harlem Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Ingraham, J., dissented. Appeal by the defendant, the New York and Harlem Railroad Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the- office of the • clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of October, 1896, denying its motion for a new trial on the grounds of newly-discovered evidence, surprise and that the trial had resulted in an injustice.
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by a boy nine years of age, in an accident occurring March 10, 1896, upon defendant’s street railroad. The boy had some wounds about the head, and a fracture of the right femur, about the middle of the leg. • He was taken to the hospital immediately after the accident occurred and remained there until April 30,1896, about seven weeks, and was then taken home and remained there until the trial and afterwards. The wounds about his head had healed *410when he ¡left the hospital, and his leg had mended, so that he was able to…
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