Martin v. Second Avenue Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Second Avenue Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 25th day of November, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from ah order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of November, 1895, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
This action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, who claims to have fallen while alighting from one of the defendant’s cars on the 8th day of August, 1893.. The plaintiff and her daughter took one of the defendant’s cars at Eighty-second street and Second avenue to go to.the ferry at Ninety-ninth *449street. It was an open summer car, with seats running across it, and with a board or step extending the entire length of the car. When the car arrived at Ninety-sixth street, at which the depot of the defendant is situated, the conductor announced…
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