De Jong v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Erie 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 Rockland on the 5th day of December, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $300, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of December, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
J.:. This judgment will have to be reversed on account of an error in the exclusion of .evidence. The plaintiff was in jured while attempting to drive his horse-and wagon across-the railroad of the defendant near Sparkill, in Rockland’ county.- Within an hour or two after the accident Dr: William C. McKeebee,'a surgeon in the employment of the Erie Railroad Company, called upon the plaintiff and began to treat him for his injuries. This treatment was continued for about four, weeks, with the consent of the plaintiff, notwithstanding that he was informed by Dr. McKeebee that he was entitled to…
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