Huscher v. New York & Queens Electric Light & Power Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Florence E. Huscher, as administratrix, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Queens County Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 27th day of January, 1913, setting aside the verdict of a jury in plaintiff’s favor herein in the sum of $14,000, and granting defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
In an action to recover damages for the pecuniary injury resulting from the death of her husband through defendant’s negligence, plaintiff recovered a verdict. She appeals from an order setting aside said verdict and granting defendant’s motion for a new trial.
Defendant was engaged in the business of furnishing electric power for lighting purposes in the borough of Queens. In connection therewith it maintained a pole on the southwest corner of Rockaway road and South street in what was formerly the village of Jamaica. From the upper part of this an arm projected over the street, and…
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