Freedman v. Press Publishing Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, entered upon the verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtSeabury, J.
This action is brought to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. As the plaintiff left a north bound street car at the uptown corner of Fourth street and *86the Bowery and. was walking toward the sidewalk, she was struck and knocked down by a horse and wag’on driven by the servant of the defendant.
This judgment should be reversed because of the persistent attempts of the plaintiff’s attorney to bring improper evidence before the jury. In his opening address to the jury, counsel for the plaintiff stated that the driver had been…
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