Wecker v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
. Appeal by the defendant, the Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Baüroad Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of' the plaintiff, rendered on the 12th day of March, 1909, and also from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.,
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
Plaintiff collided with a lighted car shortly after nine o’clock at night in November, on Broadway, Brooklyn. He and his partner from their store walked about a half block to the cprner, where they separated, and the plaintiff, leaving the sidewalk, saw an approaching car some 125 feet away, as he testifies, and, without further attention, passed upon its tracks, about 20 feet distant, and was injured. His partner, standing meantime on the sidewalk, was attracted by the noise of the car, and seeing it- near the plaintiff, as he was passing onto the track, ineffectually called to…
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