Timony v. Brooklyn City & N. R.
City of New York Municipal Court
Appeal from trial term. Action by Anthony Timony, as administrator of John Timony, deceased, against the Brooklyn City & Newtown Bailroad Company. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,-000, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.
This action was to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s son, who was run over by one of defendant’s trolley cars at the junction of Wythe avenue and Rush street, in this city. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $3,000. This appeal is from the judgment entered on that verdict, and from the order denying motion for a new trial.
The first contention of appellant is that the refusal of the trial court to nonsuit was error; that the evidence was insufficient to carry the question of defendant’s negligence, or that of this boy’s freedom from contributory negligence, to the…
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- Keenan v. Brooklyn City RailroadNew York City Court · 1894
- Dowd v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadNew York City Court · 1894
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