Fremont v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, 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 1st day of December, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $30,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of December, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is a statutory action to recover for the death of Francis M. Fremont, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. On the 11th day of October, 1900, decedent while •attempting ■ to board a north-bound car of the defendant on Church street at or near the northerly line of Cortlandt street in the city of New York, slipped, stumbled or fell, his feet passing *416under the car and the wheels of the rear truck passed over his legs, Inflicting injuries which resulted in his death. The defendant moved for a nonsuit at the close of the plaintiff’s case upon the ground…
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- Rooder v. Interurban Street Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1905
- Sheridan v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1959