Leonard v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the; 2d day of March, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from, an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of March,. 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon, the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The defendant appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict for-■plaintiff for $12,750 for damages for personal injuries resulting-from the negligence of the defendant, and from an order denying; a new trial on the minutes.
The plaintiff’s case is that on June 9, 1899, she was a passenger-on an open trolley car of the defendant; that there was first heard, an unusual bumping, rumbling noise at the bottom of the car called, “bucking;” that this was heard by the conductor and the motorman, who continued the trip; that there shortly followed an outbreak of fire underneath the car and at…
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