Hickman v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Nassau Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment of- the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 24tli day of February, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $8,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of April, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, The Nassau Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment of- the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 24tli day of February, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $8,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of April, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The action is brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff who, while crossing a street in the city of Brooklyn, was struck by a car belonging to…
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
Tire scene of the accident in this case is Fifth avenue in the borough of Brooklyn. Ninety-first street, and the other numbered streets coming into-Fifth avenue in the vicinity of the accident, which occurred at the street mentioned, do not cross the avenue, so that the east side of that thoroughfare presents a solid block. The accident occurred on a pleasant day, in broad daylight. According to the story of - the plaintiff, corroborated in a measure by her witness, the plaintiff on the day of the accident had been at the house of Mrs. Myles on the easterly side of Fifth avenne.…
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