Murray v. Cunard Steamship Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of July, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of July, 1921, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action is to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff by reason of the defendant’s negligence. The plaintiff purchased a ticket for a cabin passage on the steamship Mauretania from New York to Southampton, Eng., and sailed April 24, 1920. Four days later he sustained injuries which the jury, upon sufficient evidence, has found was caused solely by the negligence of the defendant. The case was submitted to the jury with a charge to which no exception was taken. No exceptions to the admission or rejection of evidence are presented by the appellant on this…
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- Willcox v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
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