Rogan v. Mullins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Denis Mullins and others, 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 24th day of April, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order, bearing date the 7th day of May, 1897, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
The action was brought to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendants’ negligence. Upon proofs sufficient for the consideration of the jury, the case was submitted to them upon a charge which was entirely unexceptional. The jury at first returned a verdict for the plaintiff for six cents damages. This the learned trial judge refused to accept. We quote his observations as they appear in the record :
*118The evidence, which we need not review, establishes conclusively that the plaintiff, if entitled to recover at all, had the right to more than nominal…
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