Rapp v. Washington Storage Warehouse & Van Co.
City of New York Municipal Court
Motion-to set aside verdict and for a new trial.'
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
This is a motion made by plaintiff to set aside a verdict rendered in his favor for the sum of fifty dollars upon the ground of the error of the court in charging the jury as to the limit of plaintiff’s recovery in the action. The action was brought against the defendant upon the ground of negligence in the alleged failure of the0 defendant to return certain articles, consisting of laces, which plaintiff claims were packed in a drawer of a sideboard with the knowledge of the defendant or its agents. The court in its charge to the jury limited the plaintiff’s recovery to- the amount of fifty…
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- Jennings v. Grand Trunk RailwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Tewes v. North German Lloyd Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Brewster v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
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