Reed v. . the New York Central R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fifth judicial district, affirming the judgment of the Onondaga circuit, in favor of the plaintiff, for $4,000. The action was for injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger over the defendant’s road, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.
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Appeal from the judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fifth judicial district, affirming the judgment of the Onondaga circuit, in favor of the plaintiff, for $4,000. The action was for injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger over the defendant’s road, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The ear on which the plaintiff was riding was thrown from the track, between Rome and Oneida, by some displacement of the rail, and the plaintiff injured. Whether the rail was displaced by the expansion of the iron, the effect of unusual heat, or by…
1Opinion of the CourtAxleh, J.
The plaintiff received the injury complained of in June, 1865. The claim was that the spinal column was affected, and that the plaintiff was disabled in a great degree from labor or bodily exercise. As a witness, he testified that he had not, at the time of the trial, September, 1866, recovered from the effect of the injuries ; that he had not been able to labor except for a short time, or to do any effective labor; that riding in the cars affected him, causing pain in the back, as also did sitting in a chair at the trial; that mental labor produced similar effects, and that labor for a short…
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