Beecher v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Long Island Railroad Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Queens on the 25th day of May, 1900, denying its motion to set aside an inquisition and assessment of damages.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This case has already been before the Appellate Division and before the Court of Appeals. (Beecher v. Long Island R. R. Co., 35 App. Div. 292; 161 N. Y. 222.) In both tribunals it was decided that the plaintiff was entitled to recover, and inasmuch as the defendant had stipulated that judgment absolute might be rendered against it, in the event of an affirmance in the Court of Appeals, the case went back to the Trial Term for an assessment of damages only. The jury rendered a verdict for §10,000 in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant moved at Special Term to set aside…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Beecher v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Beecher v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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