Robbins v. Hudson River Railroad
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal by the plaintiff from an order denying a motion for a* new trial. The action was tried October 23, 185*7, before Mr. Justice Slosson and a jury, when a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for six cents damages.
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Appeal by the plaintiff from an order denying a motion for a* new trial. The action was tried October 23, 185*7, before Mr. Justice Slosson and a jury, when a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for six cents damages. The action was brought to recover damages for an injury to the plaintiff on the 28th of February, 1854. He was a carman, and on that day went to the defendants’ depot in 12th street, New York, to get a load of straw boards there piled up in the depot. The straw paper or boards from which the load was to be procured, was laid up in a pile seven or eight feet high, and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. Bosworth, Ch. J.
—This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an order denying a motion made by him for a new trial.
The action is brought to recover damages for a personal injury to the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the defendants. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, for six cents damages. The plaintiff was injured on the 28th of February, 1854. He was so much injured that he remained insensible through the day, and “ was laid up in this city nearly five months, most of the time confined to the house.”
Dr. Chapin attended him for three weeks, and testified thus : “…
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