Lyons v. New York City Railway Co.

This is a husband’s action for damages resulting from an accident to his wife. Ho question is made as to defendant’s liability, the sole ground of appeal being that the damages are excessive. The evidence showed that the plaintiff had paid or incurred liability for the services of a physician to the extent of forty-nine dollars; that, in consequence of the injuries, the wife had, on the advice of her physician, gone to the country for some weeks and had there expended moneys of the plaintiff for medical services, medicines and board; that, prior to the accident, the wife had done all the…