Beeck v. Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
■ Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, First District. Action by Frances Beeck against the Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded.
1Per curiam
The plaintiff brought this action to recover for personal injuries occasioned by being struck by a car operated by the defendant under the following circumstances: The plaintiff was standing near the loop on the New York end of the Brooklyn Bridge. She was waiting for a Smith Street car, and she stood, as she testifies, about three feet from the track, when she was struck by the rear end of a De Kalb Avenue car as it came around the curve of the track. She says she saw the car as it came in from Brooklyn, and that it kept moving until it struck her. This was the substance of the testimony…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matulewicz v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Kaufman v. Interurban Street Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1904