Duffghe 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 Kings on the 7th day of December, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9th day of December, 1903, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, P. J.:
The plaintiff’s, judgment is for personal injuries received on December 24, 1901, in a collision with one of the defendant’s cars while he was driving to a fire in the borough of Manhattan, Mew York city, a wagon belonging to the service of the 'fire insurance patrol. It is unnecessary to state the circumstances .of the accident in detail inasmuch as the defendant makes no claim on this appeal that the facts as,presented on the plaintiff’s behalf, if accepted as true by the jury; do not justify the verdict, but contends chiefly that error was committed by the trial court in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Geary v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- City of New York v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Geary v. . Metropolitan Street Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
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