Pronk v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Elizabeth Pronk, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant,- entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 18th day of January, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on thé 13th day of' February, 1901, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
In view of the admissions of the defendant, practically the sole issue submitted to the jury by the learned court (Gaynor, J.) was whether the plaintiff suffered any injury from the accident. The jury found for the defendant. The plaintiff insists that the verdict should not stand, and that the learned court was not correct in its statement of the law.
It is not suggested that the jury were improperly influenced by any extraneous circumstances, but the proposition is that the verdict .was erroneous because the evidence did not warrant it. The, plaintiff contended that she was thrown…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mitchell v. . Rochester Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Becker v. . KochNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Bleecker v. . JohnstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Sugarman v. BrengelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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- Minck v. New York & Queens County Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903