Peterson v. Eighmie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George D. Eighmie, 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 19th day of April, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury for $4,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of April, 1916, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The plaintiff has recovered for personal injuries caused by her being struck by defendant’s automobile while she was going northerly across One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street on the westerly side of Park avenue in the forenoon on the 2d day of June, 1914, and the automobile was" going easterly on the southerly side of One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street.
At the commencement of the trial and before any evidence was taken the defendant moved that the complaint be dismissed on the ground that it failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action in that it merely…
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