Gray v. Tompkins
City of New York Municipal Court
Appeal from trial term. Action by William Gray against Calvin Tompkins. There was a judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.
This action is brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by defendant and his horse by reason of a runaway team of horses drawing a double truck coming into collision with plaintiff’s horse and truck. The substance of the evidence adduced on behalf of plaintiff was that he was leisurely driving up South street, when suddenly this team of infuriated horses dashed up the dock on pier 11, with a young man holding on to the *954butt end oí the tongue of the truck, and in imminent danger of having his-brains kicked out by the plunging and uncontrollable horses; that in their onward course they…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gottwald v. BernheimerNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1875
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Butter v. NatansonAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1914
- Luecke v. GrahamMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907
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