Poulsen v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment, of the Supreme Court in favor of the plain-tiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 13th day of January, 1898, upon the verdict of á jury for $7,500, -and also from an order, entered in -said clerk’s, office on the 27th day of January, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for" a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment, of the Supreme Court in favor of the plain-tiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 13th day of January, 1898, upon the verdict of á jury for $7,500, -and also from an order, entered in -said clerk’s, office on the 27th day of January, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for" a new trial made upon the minutes. The action was .-brought to recover damages for personal in juries sustained by the plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant.- , ... •
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The plaintiff, a woman thirty-two years of age, on the evening of August 12, 1896, was a 'passenger in an open trolley car of the defendant. The car was. operated by a controller or motor box, *247situated at the front railing of the car. This controller is an upright box, having on the top a brake or handle which revolves a cylinder on the inside of the box. Around the cylinder are long strips of metal, called fingers, which, as the cylinder revolves, come in contact with corresponding metallic fingers on an inclosing cylinder, thus making a circuit for the current. As the handle…
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- Poulsen v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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