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Brown v. Third Avenue Railroad

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided February 15, 1897PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from an affirmance by the General Term of the Oity Court of a judgment entered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, for $900, and of an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtDaly, P. J.

The wife of the plaintiff, while a passenger upon defendant’s car, was injured by a collision between it and another car of the same line, and he sues in this action to recover for the loss of her services: The jury gave a verdict of $900, and the defendant appealed to the General Term of the City Court, where the judgment and an order denying a motion for a new trial were affirmed. An appeal is taken to this court and a reversal asked for alleged errors in the rulings of the trial judge upon questions of evidence and requests for instructions to the jury. These will be considered in the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Turner v. . City of NewburghNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  2. H.M. Filer v. . New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
  3. Strohm v. . the N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
  4. Quaife v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
  5. Brooks v. . SchwerinNew York Court of Appeals · 1873

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Eickmann v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  2. Great Western Sugar Co. v. HewittNebraska Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Klapper v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1901
  4. Stollman v. WilliamsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2022

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