Bergold v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Eva Bergold, from a judgment of the Sujireme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of. the cleric of the county of Kings on the 21st day of December, 1897, on the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of December, 1897, denying the jfiaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff in this action, accepting the invitation of one Joseph Huber, rode with him on the night of December 11, 1895, from the residence of Dr. Richards on Linden boulevard, Brooklyn, to the scene of the accident which gives rise to this controversy, on her way to the Broadway ferry. The vehicle used was a single-seated side-bar buggy, with a top. She sat on the left-hand side,' and Mr. Huber, who appears to have been a competent driver, sober and in every way qualified, sat on the right-hand side of the buggy and drove the horse. They drove up Linden avenue. The plaintiff…
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- Dyer v. . Erie Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Hoag v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Robinson v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Platz v. . the City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Donnelly v. . Brooklyn City R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
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