Freeman v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, from an. order of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 14th day of February, 1900, vacating and setting aside a prior order, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This action is brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the alleged tiegligence of the defendant. At the close of plaintiff’s case, and again at the close of the testimony, defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to show that the defendant was negligent; that he had failed to show that he was free from contributory negligence, and that he had failed to make a cause of action against the defendant. This motion was denied, and was followed by a discussion between the court and counsel for the respective…
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