Kelly v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Kings county. Action by Mary Kelly against the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company for injuries. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGoodrich, P. J.
The plaintiff, at about 9 o’clock of an evening in May, 1899, at Fifteenth street, in the borough of Brooklyn, boarded a car of the defendant, running northerly through Seventh avenue. She told the conductor to let her off at First street. Between First street and Garfield place, which is next northerly of First street, she was thrown off or she stepped off the car while it was in motion, and received injuries, for which she recovered a verdict of $500. The defendant appeals on the ground that the plaintiff has shown no negligence on the part of the defendant, and that the overwhelming…
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