Reid Ice Cream Co. v. New York City Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Mew York City Railway Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Mew York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the 2d day of March, 1904,
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
In this- action the plaintiff has recovered $100 damages for injuries sustained by one of its trucks in consequence of a collision ■between that vehicle and am electric car operated by the defendant through Greenwich street in the borough of Manhattan. The ■collision occurred about midnight at the intersection of Greenwich etreet with Warren street through which the truck approached the car. The theory of the plaintiff’s case was that the. defendant’s motonnan was running the car at a high rate of speed.— at least twelve miles an hour — and that he was negligent in not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bittner v. Crosstown Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Fullerton v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899