Seifter v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor, of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 19th day of January, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury for $12,500, and also from an order bearing date the 17th day of January, 1900, and entered in said clerk’s office denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This action was brought under the provisions of section 1902 of the Code of Civil Procedure to recover damages for the death of Pincus Seifter, a man about forty-five years of age, who is alleged to have been injured by the defendant’s negligence in the operation of its street surface railroad. The plaintiff alleges, in addition to the formal averments, that the defendant operated its street surface railroad by electricity through and along Myrtle avenue, a public highway in the city of Brooklyn; that on the 19th day of Decern*12ber, 1894, said Pincus Seifter, deceased, was lawfully…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Johnson v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Zingrebe v. Union Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Cohen v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1901
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