Nugent v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of January, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury* and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of January, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, J.:
The plaintiff, when three years and eight months old, and on the 5th day of May, 1896, while crossing Madison street, at or near James street, in the city of New York, was knocked down by a horse drawing one of the defendant’s cars and run over by one of the forward wheels of the car, sustaining serious injuries, among them the loss of a leg at the knee.
The result of the trial was a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and the only question requiring consideration on this appeal is, whether the evidence will support the finding of the jury, that the defendant was guilty of…
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