Bossert v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, •entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 13th day of October, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day •of October, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The plaintiff, on. an evening of January, 1898, was driving a “ reach ” wagon on the easterly or north-bound track of the defendant’s road on Rogers avenue, in the borough of Brooklyn, when he heard the bell of a car coming up behind him, and began to turn *145off the east track on to the west track, and while in this act the inside of the rear right-hand wheel of his wagon was struck by the car, whereby the wagon was upset and the plaintiff thrown off and injured. There was much strife at the trial as to whether the plaintiff was driving north on the north or the south-bound…
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