Quill v. Mayor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by the plaintiff, Julia A. Bishop Quill, from, an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 28th day of October, 1897, granting the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, the jury having previously rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $500. This appeal was transferred from the first department to the second department.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
This -action was brought to recover for injuries claimed to have been inflicted upon the plaintiff by an. ash. and garbage cart belonging to the street cleaning department of the defendant, which was being driven along Manhattan street. The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of $500. The plaintiff was seeking to board a street car at the time that she was struck by the cart. The conductor testified that the cart was marked with the marks of the department, and he identified the person who was driving the cart at the time. The driver of the cart testified that he…
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