Bronk v. Binghamton Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Binghamton Railroad Company;, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Broome Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk- of the county of Broome 'on the 4th day of August, 1902, granting the plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the defendant and for a new trial upon a case and exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Chester, J.:
The action is for negligence. The plaintiff was driving a team hitched to a coal wagon near the tracks of the defendant on Main street in the city of Binghamton when one of defendant’s cars colEded with the rear part of the wagon or with a coal chute projecting therefrom with such force as to throw him from the wagon to the ground and to severely injure him. To recover damages for the injuries so received this action was brought. The trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff made a motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial upon the case and exceptions,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bernhard v. Rochester Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- Dennis v. TishmanNew York Supreme Court · 1931