Streng v. Frank Ibert Brewing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Frank Ibert Brewing Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
On May 1,1899, the plaintiff in this action was standing upon the street in front of 1205 Myrtle avenue, borough of Brooklyn.. A team belonging to the defendant and in charge of its servant was left standing, without hitching, in front of a hardware store a few doors up the street. The team became frightened and started to run. Immediately in the pathway of the advancing team a child was playing in the street, and the plaintiff, with á laudable ambition to save the child from injury, ran out into the highway, secured a hold upon the reins and succeeded in stopping the team,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Strohm v. . the N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
3Cited by3 opinions
- Huba v. Schenectady Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Kelly v. United Traction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Reynolds v. HuffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928