Piper v. New York State Railways
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, New York State Railways and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Herkimer on the 11th day of July, 1916, .upon the verdict of a jury for $3,200, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of July, 1916, denying defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hubbs, J.:
The plaintiff was injured while a passenger in a jitney bus owned and operated by the defendants Foote and Arnold. He brought this action against the said defendants and the. New York State Railways jointly. The complaint alleged that the owners of the jitney bus were, at the time of the accident, operating the bus at an unlawful rate of speed and in a negligent manner. It also alleged that the defendant New York State Railways at the same time operated one of its cars in a negligent manner and through the negligence of its employees caused it to collide with the jitney bus. The…
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