Morison v. Broadway & Seventh Avenue Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by George W. Morison against the Broadway & Seventh Avenue Bailroad Company, for personal injuries sustained by reason of defendant’s negligence. Judgment for $5,000 was entered on a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
The verdict was recovered for the sum of $5,000, for injuries received by the plaintiff in endeavoring as a passenger to go on board one of the defendant’s cars, and being dragged by the car for a distance of upwards of a hundred feet. The car was passing up Broadway, between 5 and 6 o’clock in the afternoon of the 20th of June, 1887; and the testimony given by the plaintiff, as a witness in his own behalf, was that he signaled the car as it was approaching, and the driver eased it up; and when the rear platform came to where he was standing that he seized the rail with his right and left…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Keating v. . the New York Central and Hudson River Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Nichols v. . Sixth Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Morrison v. . New York Central and Hudson River Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Butler v. Glens Falls, Sandy Hill & Fort Edward Street RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1888
- Dillon v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1888
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- Seitz v. Dry-Dock, East Broadway & Battery RailroadNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1890
- De Rozas v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Woo Dan v. Seattle Electric Railway & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1893