Biggers v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 6th day of July, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,200, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of July, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Stapleton, J.:
The appeal is from a judgment, entered upon the verdict of a jury, for $1,395.19, and from an order denying the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial, and from an amended order to the same effect.
The plaintiff recovered damages for personal injuries which the jury attributed to the sole negligence of the defendant. The evidence established the following facts:
Plaintiff, at the time of the casualty, was a young woman twenty years of age. She and a young woman companion, nineteen years of age, intended to board at Bronxville a train bound for New York…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Beecher v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Cranch v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
3Cited by1 opinion
- Neubauer v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920