Reynolds v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, James Reynolds, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day •of February, 1897, setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff and ordering a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger upon the train of the ■defendant going from New York to Yonkers, on the 6th of October, 1894. As the result of the trial the plaintiff recovered a verdict of $2,500, which was set aside and a new trial ordered by the trial judge, upon the ground that the verdict was contrary to the weight ■of the evidence.
The claim of the plaintiff was that on the night of October 6, 1894, he had bought a ticket to go from New York to Yonkers.; that when the train reached Kingsbridge he…
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