Coleman v. Metropolitan St. Ry. Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Kings County. Action by Harriett Coleman against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
The plaintiff alleged “that on the 31st day of March, 1901, the above-named plaintiff, while riding as a passenger for hire on one of the defendant’s cars, and when said car came to a complete stop at the corner of 37th street and Eighth avenue, * * * and while in the act of alighting from said car, and while using all ■ due and proper care for her own safety,” the car was “started up by the defendant’s agents and servants with great suddenness and velocity, throwing the plaintiff off said car,” etc.
This was the issue of negligence tendered, and the testimony of the plaintiff’s witnesses was…
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