Patterson v. Westchester Electric Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term. Action by Annie Patterson against the Westchester Electric Railway Company. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff, and an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
The action is to recover damages for negligence. The averments of the complaint upon which the action is predicated are, in substance, that the defendant stopped its car for the plaintiff to alight therefrom, and while she was in the act of alighting the defendant carelessly and negligently caused the car to suddenly start with a jerk, without any warning to the plaintiff, and that by reason of such act she sustained the injuries of which complaint is made. The proof upon the part of the plaintiff tended to sustain the allegations of her complaint, and to show that the car had come to a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Southwick v. First National Bank of MemphisNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Neudecker v. . KohlbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Pierce v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Caven v. City of TroyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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- Starkey v. Market Street Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1928
- Anderson v. Third Avenue RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Coleman v. Metropolitan St. Ry. Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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