Peterson v. Ocean Electric Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Ocean Electric Railway 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 29th day of April, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $25,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of May, 1913, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The plaintiff was very seriously injured in consequence of a collision with a trolley car owned and operated by defendant. The accident happened at about seven o’clock in the morning on September 1, 1909, upon a road described as the Boulevard near the village of Rockaway Beach. The plaintiff was living in a settlement known as Tent City, lying between the Boulevard and the ocean. The Boulevard was a long street or road, and at the place where the accident happened was partially built up on each side with small shops and buildings. The plaintiff was seriously injured about the head,…
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