Coxhead v. Johnson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Albert L. Johnson and James M. Edwards, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office o£ the clerk of the county of Kings on the 12th day of March, 1897, upon the verdict, of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of March, 1897, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Bradley, J.:
The plaintiff, on ,the morning of July 5, 1894, in proceeding to cross Fifth’avenue dn the city of Brooklyn, stepped upon a rope which was moving along that avenue and fell. The consequence to her was a serious injury, which she charges was occasioned solely by the negligence of the defendants. Above and on the line of the avenue was an elevated railroad, and on the surface of the avenue was a double-track trolley railroad. At the time in question the defendants were engaged in stringing an electric cable on the girders of the elevated yailroad structure, and for that purpose they…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jennings v. . Van SchaickNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Moebus v. . HerrmannNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Unger v. Forty-Second Street & Grand Street Ferry RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Bird v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- Young v. HerrmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907