Dochtermann v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary Dochterinann, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 10th day of January, 1898, setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff for $4,000, and granting the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
This action is brought to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger upon the defendant’s trolley car. The plaintiff’s story is that she signaled the car, which stopped; that the motorman beckoned to her to enter it by the front platform, opening the gate for the purpose of giving her entrance; that she got upon the platform, and that just as she was stepping in, or had stepped into the body of the car, and before she was able to sit down, the car started with a violent jerk, by which she was thrown down and received injuries for which she…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stierle v. . Union Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Black v. Third Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Hayes v. . Forty-Second St., Etc., R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Akersloot v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Grotsch v. Steinway Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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- Hassen v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Citizens Street Railway Co. v. MerlIndiana Court of Appeals · 1901
- Bollinger v. Interurban Street Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1906
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