Maher v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Metropolitan Street Railway Company and another, 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 24th day of May, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from two orders respectively entered in said clerk’s office on the 7th and 10th days of June, 1904, denying the defendants’ respective motions for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The plaintiff was a passenger on one of the defendant railway company’s cars and received personal injuries by its colliding with one of the defendant ice company’s wagons. He had a verdict for $1,000 against both of the defendants, on the ground that his injuries were caused by their joint negligence, and from the judgment entered thereon each defendant has separately appealed.
The facts, as developed by the testimony at the trial, are not complicated, It appeared that at about seven o’clock in the morning of September 3, 1901, the plaintiff entered one of the defendant’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kay v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Ludwig v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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