Maguire v. Barrett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William M. Barrett, as president, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of December, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of December, 1914, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of defendant’s negligence: The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for a substantial amount, and from the judgment entered thereon and an order denying a motion for a new trial defendant appeals.
The accident occurred at the defendant’s freight platform, located at Forty-ninth street and Lexington avenue, in the city of New York. The platform was for receiving, sorting and classifying freight, to the end that it might be loaded upon cars which ran out upon tracks beneath the…
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