Metz 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 17th day of June, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $7,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of June, "1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The action was to recover for personal injuries. The plaintiff was a' commission merchant and importer, sixty-six years of age. He testified that he represented manufacturers in Europe, taking orders for them, and also purchasing goods on his own account from foreign manufacturers, importing them and subsequently reselling them; that his cash capital invested in his business was about $5,500; that at the time of the accident, Saturday, June 10, 1899, he was going home from his place of business in an open cable car on the defendant’s road; that he was seated on the first -seat in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Leeds v. . Metropolitan Gas-Light Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Baker v. Manhattan RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by1 opinion
- Camparetti v. Union Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904