Legal Opinion

Lynch v. Third Avenue Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1903PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The Third Avenue Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of May, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury for $870, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of May, 1903, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made ■upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

McLaughlin, J.:

Sometime during the afternoon of the 3d of February, 1900, the plaintiff, while endeavoring to cross from the northeast to the northwest corner of Amsterdam avenue at its intersection with One Hundred and Forty-first street, was struck by one of the defendant’^ north-bound cars and injured. He brought this action to , recover damages therefor, upon the ground that the same were caused solely by the defendant’s negligence. He had a verdict, and from the judgment entered thereon and from an order denying a motion for a new trial defendant has appealed.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Little v. Third Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Lofsten v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
  2. Donohoe v. Portland Railway Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Thompson v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  4. Woodward v. New York Railways Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  5. Wecker v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910

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