Gray v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn 'Heights Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on ■ the 24th day of July, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,918.75, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of July, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J. :
This action seeks to recover damages for personal injuries due to a collision between two cars of the defendant company, at a street intersection, by which the plaintiff, a passenger in one of the cars, claims to have been thrown against an adjacent seat in such a manner as to produce injuries resulting in an abortion nine days after the accident. Upon the motion of defendant to set aside the verdict, the learned justice who presided at the trial said: “ The evidence in this case is not such as to satisfy me that the plaintiff is entitled to recover. Still there is a conflict of…
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