Morris v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of October, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury iob $7,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of October", 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The serious question presented in this case is as to whether there was evidence to justify a finding of the jury that the defendant was negligent. The facts are not disputed, the defendant offering no evidence. The defendant operates a line of electric cars upon Eighth avenue, in the city of New York, and on the night of December 9, 1898, between half-past eleven and twelve o’clock, the plaintiff’s intestate received injuries which resulted in his death, caused by the collision of a brougham in which he was riding and one of the cars of the defendant’s railroad. The sister of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brickell v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Morris v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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