Fulford v. Linch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in both cases by the defendant, George W. Linch, as receiver, from two judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff in each case, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of March, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,500 in the first case and $500 in the second case: Also an appeal by the defendant from two orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of March, 1914, denying the defendant’s motion for a new…
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Appeal in both cases by the defendant, George W. Linch, as receiver, from two judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff in each case, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of March, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,500 in the first case and $500 in the second case: Also an appeal by the defendant from two orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of March, 1914, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial in each case.
1Opinion of the Court
Hotchkiss, J.:
These were several actions by husband and wife to recover damages arising from injuries received by the wife while alighting from a street car on which she had been a passenger. The two cases were tried together, the testimony of the various witnesses being taken and received as common to both. There was a sharp conflict at the trial on the question of defendant’s negligence and also as to the seriousness of the wife’s alleged injuries, and a substantial verdict for the plaintiff was rendered in each case. On the question of defendant’s negligence we are not disposed to…
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