Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Plath

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

Decided November 15, 1899PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Hannah W. Thompson, as committee of Charles F. Thompson, a lunatic, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of May, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of May, 1899, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

The action was brought to recover the damages sustained by one Charles F. Thompson, caused by a horse and carriage belonging to defendant colliding with a vehicle in which the said Charles F. Thompson was driving, plaintiff alleging that the defendant wrongfully and carelessly permitted the said horse and carriage to rove *292and run on the public highway unattended. There was a second cause of action alleging that the defendant “ carelessly, wrongfully, defectively and negligently tied the said horse to a lamppost upon 144th street, New York city,” and that as a result thereof “the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Berman v. SchultzAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1903
  2. Hartman v. The Berlin & Jones Envelope Co.New York Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Berman v. SchultzAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1903
  4. Grein v. YohonNew York Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Howley v. KraemerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1901

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