Fox v. Mayor of New York
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by Maggie Fox against the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty of the city of New York, and.the city of Brooklyn, for personal injuries received while alighting from a car on which plaintiff was a passenger across the Brooklyn bridge, and caused by defendants’ negligence. From a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying their motion for a new trial, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to be sustained by the plaintiff upon alighting from one of the cars running over the Brooklyn bridge. It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff was a passenger upon the cars of the bridge upon the 24th of January, 1890, having boarded the cars about half past 6 in the afternoon; and, as she was about to step off the car on its arrival and stoppage at Brooklyn, she received a shove, and fell into the open space between the car and platform, and was thereby injured. Evidence tending to show that the platform was improperly…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ryan v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
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