Lucas v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Metropolitan Street Railway 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 14th day of May, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of May, 1900, denying the défendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This action was.brought to recover damages for personal injuries, •alleged to have been sustained by reason of the defendant’s negligence. The plaintiff had a verdict, and from the judgment entered thereon and from an order denyiiig a motion for a new trial the defendant has appealed.
Upon the trial, from the testimony offered on the part of the plaintiff, it appeared that on the 2d of May, 1898, the plaintiff boarded - a north-bound car of the defendant at Thirtieth'street in the city of New York, and-that the car was crowded, several of the passengers being unable to obtain…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Graham v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Dillon v. Forty-second Street, Manhattanville & St. Nicholas Avenue Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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- Tietz v. International Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Gatens v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Horan v. RockwellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Loewe v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Mareiniss v. SheeranCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
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