Connelly v. Manhattan Railway Co.

This action was brought for the personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while a passenger on the defendant’s railway during what is known as the “blizzard” of March 12, 1888. The injuries resulted from a collision of two trains upon the de*89fendant’s elevated railroad at Seventy-Sixth street and Third avenue. “By an amendment made at the first trial the defendant admitted that the plaintiff was such passenger, and also admitted the collision, and further admitted that that admission, in and of itself, entitled the plaintiff to recover damages; and the defendant still further then and there…