Perlman v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
City of New York Municipal Court
Action by Jacob Perlman, an infant, against the Brooklyn Heights. Railroad Company. On motion for new trial after verdict for plaintiff. New trial granted.
1Opinion of the CourtOppenheimer, J.
This is an action to recover $500 damages, for personal injuries by the plaintiff, a boy of 15 years of age, who was injured while alighting from one of the defendant’s cars. To-prove the defendant’s negligence and his freedom from contributory negligence, the plaintiff offered only his own testimony. The plaintiff was necessarily an interested witness.
The defendant called, in addition to the motorman and conductor,.several apparently disinterested witnesses. The plaintiff having offered a scintilla of proof tending to establish the defendant’s negli*543gence and his freedom from contributory…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ridgely v. Talbot J. Taylor & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Meinrenken v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Meinrenken v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905