Hayman v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The Oity of Few York and another, 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 11th day of December, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $15,000, and also from an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the same day, denying appellants’ separate motions for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
JENKS, P. J.:
This action was begun, tried and submitted upon the theory of negligence. The plaintiff has recovered a verdict against both defendants for her personal injuries suffered when the motor car in which she was a passenger was driven into a depression in a city street. Both defendants appeal in separate records. The defendant railroad corporation rested its case upon the plaintiff’s proof, content to make motions for her dismissal and for a direction of a verdict. The defendant municipal corporation offered proof and made similar motions. I shall consider the appeal of each defendant…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pettengill v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Hunt v. . Mayor, Etc., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Parks v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Godfrey v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Tabor v. City of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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