Norris v. Interurban St. Ry. Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Twelfth District. Action by Thomas Norris against the Interurban Street Railway Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Per curiam
The judgment appealed from was rendered for the plaintiff upon a verdict in his favor upon evidence which sufficiently showed the negligence of the defendant’s motorman and the plaintiff’s freedom from contributory negligence, without the evidence hereinafter alluded to.
The plaintiff’s witness Neville was permitted to testify, against the objection of the defendant’s counsel, that after the accident had happened, almost immediately after, the motorman said to him: “Let go, Bill; I couldn’t help it, I lost control.” The testimony was admitted, presumably upon the ground that the motorman’s…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Luby v. . the Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Butler v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Waldele v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Whitaker v. . Eighth Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Vadney v. United Traction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919