Legal Opinion

Agnew v. Brooklyn City Railroad

New York City Court

Decided July 1, 1887PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from an ordei

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court.†—Van Wyck, J.

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to have the complaint made more definite and certain.

The plaintiff, a child of five years, alleges that while she was in the act of crossing Saekett Street, on the cross-walk, the driver of a one-horse street car so negligently and *236carelessly managed his team, that the horse knocked her down, and injured her leg.

This is certainly a plain, and concise statement of the facts constituting her cause of action, as required by Code Civil Pro. § 481. The defendant insists that under section 546 the court should compel her to…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Ehrgott v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
  2. Waldhier v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
  3. Oldfield v. . the N.Y. and Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1856
  4. House v. MetcalfSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
  5. Edgerton v. . New York Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hicks v. Serano, New York County Courts1911

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