Hamel v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Oourt in favor of the plaintiff, ■entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 4th ■day of June', 1900, upon the verdict of a jury for $3,041.66, and ■also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of June, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The plaintiff recovered a verdict for $3,000 damages for personal injuries caused by the negligence of the defendant, and the defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying a motion, for a new trial. The plaintiff, a passenger on a car of the defendant,, alleged that while she was alighting from a car the car was started,, whereby she was cast down upon the street and injured. Her testimony and that of her husband tended to sustain her allegation,, while the testimony pf the defendant tended to show that she stepped from the car while it was in slow motion. The issue…
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