Bunn v. New York & Greenwood Lake Railway Co.

This was an action in .the Passaic Circuit to recover damages for personal injuries. It resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. A rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial ordered having been granted by the Circuit Court, “and the case involving questions of doubt and difficulty in particulars and in the general result,” the learned judge certified the same to the Supreme Court, to be argued before it, for its opinion.

This rule was granted and certificate made in December, 1889. At that time the practice with respect to cases certified was, perhaps,…