Kalfur v. Broadway Ferry & Metropolitan Avenue Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Broadway Ferry and Metropolitan Avenue Railroad Company, 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 30th day of March, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $15,000, and also from- an order bearing date the 30th day of March, 1898, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff in this action, an infant, was injured in an accident on the line of the street surface railroad operated by the defendant on Metropolitan avenue in Middle Village, Queens county, on. the 15th of October, 1892. It was established on the trial, and it is not ques*268tioned on this appeal, that the child was in jured through-the negligence of the defendant, making it necessary to amputate one of the legs above the knee. The only point argued in this court, is that the verdict of the jury, on which a judgment for- $15,941.25 was entered in behalf of the plaintiff, is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Branagan v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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