Gleason v. Hudson Valley Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Hudson Valley Railway Company, from a judgment of the' County Court of Washington county iij favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 2d day of March, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
The plaintiff was a passenger upon one of the defendant’s cars, and claims that she was injured because the car was started before she had an opportunity to alight after it had stopped to permit her so to do.
The defendant contended that the car was not stopped at all and that the plaintiff attempted to alight while it was in motion.
We think the very great weight of evidence is with the defendant upon this proposition, and we would reverse the judgment and grant a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence, without any opinion, except for certain…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Strohm v. . the N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Osterhout v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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- Tobin v. Hewlett Branch Athletes, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1956