Regensburg v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Rose J. Regensburg, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of April, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in the said clerk’s office on the 31st day of March, 1900, denying^ the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The plaintiff, while a passenger in the defendant’s car, was injured in a collision between the car, which was going south on Seventh avenue, in the borough of Brooklyn, and a runaway horse and wagon going east down Berkeley place toward Seventh avenue. The motorman stopped the car before crossing Berkeley place, then started it again, and while crossing the place the car was struck by the horse and wagon. The plaintiff offered evidence to prove negligence of the motorman in failing to see or hear the runaway before starting his car. The jury rendered a verdict for the…
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