Goff v. Akers
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from a judgment entered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new-trial. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The action was to recover damages resulting from the negligent acts of the defendant’s servant.
It appears that on August 12, 1890, the plaintiff, then thirteen years of age, while walking through Jay street, in this *469city, was struck by a wagon belonging to the defendant, by reason of which the plaintiff’s leg was crushed between the wagon and the skids upon a permanent platform extending over part of the sidewalk in front of the defendant’s coffee mills, at No. 16 Jay street aforesaid. The plaintiff was on the sidewalk walking towards Hudson from Greenwich street, looking ahead of him. The…
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- Murphy v. . OrrNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
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