Gans v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from City Court of New York, Special Term. Action by James Cans against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. From an order denying a motion to set aside a verdict for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtBlanchard, J.
This is an appeal from an order made at Trial Term of the City Court denying plaintiff’s application to set aside a verdict because of alleged misconduct of two of the jurymen. The action is to recover damages for personal injuries. The applicant’s application is based upon an affidavit of a clerk in the office of the plaintiff’s attorney which is substantially to the effect that after the verdict was rendered two of the jurymen had stated to him that during the progress of the trial they had inspected a gate on one of the defendant’s cars to ascertain whether the plaintiff’s hand could have…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mais v. RuhAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
3Cited by3 opinions
- Jefson v. Crosstown Street RailwayNew York Supreme Court · 1911
- Broadway Building Co. v. SaladinoCity of New York Municipal Court · 1913
- Dennis v. TishmanNew York Supreme Court · 1931