Legal Opinion

Biddescomb v. Cameron

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1901PublishedCited by 6 opinions

.Appeal by the defendants, Alpin J. Cameron and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of December, 1900, setting aside a judgment entered upon the dismissal of the complaint at the Trial Term, and granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

By this action the plaintiff’ sought to recover as administratrix of William Biddescomb for the damages sustained by his next of kin from his death. The accident happened in February, 1897, and this action was commenced in the following May. It was brought on for trial in June, 1898, and resulted in the direction of a verdict for the defendants, upon which judgment was entered. The plaintiff thereupon appealed to this court where the judgment was affirmed (35 App. Div. 561), and subsequently to the Court of Appeals, with the like result, which latter decision was announced on the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. . PrioriNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  2. People ex rel. Oebricks v. Superior CourtNew York Supreme Court · 1830
  3. Biddiscomb v. CameronAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Henson v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.New York Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Neidlinger v. Onward Construction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
  3. Seligman v. SivinAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1904
  4. Harkins v. Sizer Forge Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
  5. James McCreery Realty Corp. v. Equitable National BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908

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