Rosenblum v. McCollum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Alexander J. McCollum, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the County of Kings on the 13th day of September, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for $500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of September, 1911, denying the said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The action is for negligence. The plaintiff sued the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company and the City of New York, as well as the appellant, for injuries sustained by her, but the case was dismissed as to the city and the railroad company upon the trial. It was submitted to the jury solely as against the appellant and resulted in a verdict for a small amount.
At the time of the accident the plaintiff was a passenger on a trolley car of the railroad company proceeding easterly on Flushing avenue in the borough of Brooklyn. The appellant was the owner of a heavily loaded coal truck…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brand v. Borden's Condensed Milk Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
3Cited by1 opinion
- Rosenblum v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912