Legal Opinion

McKeon v. Steinway Railway Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 15, 1897PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Thomas McKeon, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 23d day of January, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order, bearing date the 29th day of October, 1896, and entered in .said clerk’s office, denying- the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Bradley, J.:

The alleged cause of action is for a personal injury suffered by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant. The trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant. The questions for consideration arise upon exceptions taken by the plaintiff’s counsel-to rulings at the trial, and moré especially to the charge made by the court to the jury. The facts which the evidence on the part of plaintiff tended to prove were that in the evening of December 16, 189.5, he drove his horse and truck up to the gateway of his employers’ premises on Locust street, in the village of Corona,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Isbell v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
  2. Austin v. . the New Jersey Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1870

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Rider v. Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
  2. Weitzman v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  3. Chicago G. W. R. v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
  4. Hallock v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
  5. Miranda v. Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1931

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