Connelly v. Manhattan Railway Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Hew York county. Action by Arthur J. Connelly against the Manhattan Railway Company. From a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Dissent
Barrett, J.,
(dissenting.) This case took a somewhat unusual turn at the trial. It is an action for damages for a personal injury to the plaintiff while a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars. The injury resulted from a collision of two trains upon the defendant’s elevated railroad at Seventy-Sixth street and Third avenue, in this city, on the 12th of March, 1888, the day of the “great blizzard.” The defendant, in its answer, denied the fact of the collision and all charges of negligence. Upon the opening of the trial, however, it asked leave to amend its answer so far as to admit the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matteson v. . New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Page v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1890