Meade 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 a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 25th day of October, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at the Queens County Circuit, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 31st day of October, 1895,' denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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• Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn Heights 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 Queens on the 25th day of October, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at the Queens County Circuit, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 31st day of October, 1895,' denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The complaint in this action alleged that the plaintiff was driving his team along the highway,, in the village of Maspeth, when one of…
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
A car of the defendant collided with a market wagon driven by the plaintiff. By the collision the-plaintiff was thrown from his seat to the ground and injured, the wheels of his wagon probably passing over him. No question is raised by the defendant on this appeal except that the damages are excessive. The plaintiff was a grocer. He was confined in bed two weeks as the result of the injury, and to the house for five weeks more. No proof was given of any pecuniary loss by his absence from business, or of the value of his time. The injuries were that his legs were badly bruised from…
2Cited by1 opinion
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