Schroder v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term. Action by Lillian Schroder against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries the plaintiff received on account of the alleged negligence of the defendant, its servants and employés. The plaintiff testified that upon the afternoon of June 23, 1900, she was riding east upon her bicycle on Thirty-Sixth street in the city of New York; that as she approached Sixth avenue a south-bound car was about at the crossing; that she stopped, and rested her foot upon the curb, and waited for the car to pass, but that the motorman motioned with both his head and hand for her to cross in front of the car; that she looked south,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bosko v. Delaware, L. & W. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by1 opinion
- Maloney v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904