Henn v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Long Island Railroad Company, from, a judgment, of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the couuty of Kings on the 16th day of May, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury for $7,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of May, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The accident which has occasioned this litigation was the subject of review by this court in Lewis v. Long Island R. R. Co. (30 App. Div. 410). In affirming the judgment and order in that case we necessarily determined that the facts as then presented justified the jury in concluding that the defendant was chargeable with negligence, and that any victim of the disaster who was personally free from legal blame was entitled to recover the damages sustained. The factSj which do not appear in this case to be materially different from those established in the case cited, are fully…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Allyn v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Lewis v. . Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Lewis v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by2 opinions
- Birmingham Southern R. Co. v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Stewart v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900