Wersebe v. Broadway & Seventh Avenue Railway Co.
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMoAdam, J.
The action is to recover $5,000 damages for injuries resulting from the negligence of the defendant’s servant, in running over the plaintiff, while driving one of defendant’s cars. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff, and awarded him a verdict for $2,500.
As the proofs satisfactorily sustain the finding of the jury both as to negligence upon the part of the defendant’s servant, and freedom from fault on the part of the plaintiff, the only questions necessary for us to review, are those arising from the exceptions taken during the trial. The first is that at folio 211, wherein the…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Erben v. . LorillardNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Greene v. . WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Furst v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Allen v. JamesNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1877
3Cited by6 opinions
- Botta v. BrunnerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
- Douglas v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Botta v. BrunnerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
- Eldredge v. EldredgeNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Sanguinetti v. Moore Dry Dock Co.California Supreme Court · 1951
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.