Legal Opinion

Furlong v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.

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

Decided April 7, 1905Published

Appeal from Trial Term, New York County. Action by Belle Furlong against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, it appeals. Reversed.

1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.

The plaintiff recovered a judgment in an action for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of a motorman in charge of one of the defendant’s cars. She was riding a bicycle on Forty-Third street near Eighth avenue, going from the east to the west, and, as she was crossing the westerly track of the defendant’s road on Eighth Avenue, she was struck by a southbound car, and was thrown to the ground and injured. She had a verdict in the court below, from the judgment entered upon which, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, the defendant has appealed.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Reed v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
  2. Lynch v. Third Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  3. Barney v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  4. Little v. Third Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  5. Greene v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905

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