Canfield v. New York Transportation Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the New York Transportation 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 6th day of March, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of March, 1908, denying the defendant’s motion for anew trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarké, J.:
At about six-fifty p. m. December 22, 1905, two electric -hansoms owned by the defendant were proceeding' north on Broadway. The power in the rear machine had become weak and it was being towed by means of a rope about an inch to an inch and a half in thickness, and about six or seven feet in length, which connected the two vehicles. A driver was seated on the high seat in the rear of each machine. At Thirty-fourth street a police officer in charge of the traffic signaled them to stop, and they did stop on the south *451side of Thirty-fourth street, and close to the sidewalk on the…
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