Scott v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from jury term. Action by William H. Scott, as executor, etc., against the Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company and others, for injury done to premises No. 36 Murray street by the maintenance and operation of defendants’ elevated railroad. From a judgment entered on a verdict inplaintiff’s favor, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury, in favor of plaintiff, for the sum of $5,722.87, damages and costs. The action was brought to recover damages for injury done to premises No. 36 Murray street by the maintenance and operation of defendants’ elevated railroad. The only exception taken by the appellants’ counsel to the admission or exclusion of evidence that calls for any discussion was to the ruling of the learned trial judge in allowing the former tenant to testify as to the motives which influenced him in moving away from the premises. The question objected…
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