Legal Opinion

McCarragher v. Proal

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

Decided July 12, 1906PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Arthur B. Proal, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff", entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 15th day of June, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,750, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of October, 1905, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J.:

This is an action for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant.

At about ten-thirty o’clock in the forenoon on the 17th day of April, 1903, the plaintiff, then eighteen years of age, was riding a bicycle westerly on East Forty-fourth street, from Ho. 47, which was about 112 feet east of Madison avenue, intending to continue along Forty-fourth street across Madison avenue to Fifth avenue on his way to Ho. 905 Fifth avenue, where he was employed by *472Whitehouse & Porter, real estate agents. He testifies that while he was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Knupfle v. . Knickerbocker Ice CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  2. Geary v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  3. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis R. R.Illinois Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Clark v. DoolittleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
  2. Salsbury v. United Parcel Service Inc.City of New York Municipal Court · 1953
  3. Boston Insurance v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
  4. Meyers v. BarrettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  5. Rosenheim v. New York Railways Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935

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