Morrow v. Westchester Electric Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Hilda Morrow, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 16th day of April, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of March, 1900, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained while a passenger in one of the cars of- the defendant, the complaint alleging that, “ without any previous warning, and by reason of the carelessness and negligence of the defendant, the said car was thrown from the track upon which it was running with great speed, causing the occupants of the car to be thrown from their seats,” causing the injury of which plaintiff complains. The action appears to have been tried and submitted to the jury upon the theory that the carelessness and negligence complained of was due, to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wooley v. . Grand Street Newtown R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Lundbeck v. City of BrooklynAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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