Vonderahe 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 Rew York on the 27th day of December, 1904, upon the verdict of the jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of December, 1904, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This is the ordinary negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff alleged in her complaint that on the 6th of August, 1899, she was a passenger on one of the defend*29ant’s south-bound Eighth avenue cars; that just before the car reached. Eighty-eighth street she indicated to the conductor her desire to have it stopped there and let her off; that the car was not stopped at that point, but when it reached Eighty-seventh street it was stopped and she attempted to alight; that while she was in the act of doing so, having one foot on the running board and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pierce v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Harris v. Second Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Clancy v. Yonkers RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903