Ackerman v. Fifth Avenue Coach Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeals by the defendant, Fifth Avenue Coach Company, in each case, from judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs in each case, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of March, 1916, upon the verdicts of a jury for $7,802.60 in the first case and $12,710.50 in the second case.
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Appeals by the defendant, Fifth Avenue Coach Company, in each case, from judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs in each case, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of March, 1916, upon the verdicts of a jury for $7,802.60 in the first case and $12,710.50 in the second case. Appeals are also taken from the orders, one in each case, entered in said clerk’s office on the 2d day of March, 1916, as resettled by subsequent orders entered on the 24th day of March, 1916, denying the appellant’s motions for new trials made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
At about eight o’clock in the evening on the 14th day of June, 1914, the plaintiffs in these actions were walking down Fifth avenue on the easterly side, and as they passed over the carriageway at the intersection of East Ninetieth street with Fifth avenue and stepped over the curb onto the sidewalk at the southeasterly corner of Fifth avenue and East Ninetieth street they were struck and injured by an automobile which, according to the answers of the defendants Jackson and Becker, was owned by the defendant Becker and was being operated by the defendant Jackson as the chauffeur,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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