Leighton v. Wood
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from order setting aside inquests. Four actions were, brought,—one by Lorenzo D. Leighton against Fernando Wood, the three others by William MacDonald, William Van Tassel, and Edward Weylen, against the same defendant,—to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiffs, policemen of the Metropolitan Police, distinct from a body of men known as the Municipal Police, acting, as it was averred, under the orders of the defendant.
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Appeal from order setting aside inquests. Four actions were, brought,—one by Lorenzo D. Leighton against Fernando Wood, the three others by William MacDonald, William Van Tassel, and Edward Weylen, against the same defendant,—to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiffs, policemen of the Metropolitan Police, distinct from a body of men known as the Municipal Police, acting, as it was averred, under the orders of the defendant. These causes were on the calendar in June, 1862, when they were reserved generally. On December 3, they were put upon the calendar, by á written…
1Opinion of the CourtLeonard, J.
In this action, and three others, against the same defendant, in favor of different plaintiffs, verdicts were obtained at the circuit, by default, against the defendant for $4,000 damages in each case. The counsel for the defendant had been in court and moved to postpone the trial, on the ground that he was unable to procure the attendance of witnesses, many of them being absent from the State, they being very numerous; and the trial being brought on unexpectedly, the defendant was unprepared, &c. The court, at circuit, had denied the application to postpone, and after the defendant-had left…
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