Stewart v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Westchester county. Action by Sarah E. Stewart against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHirschb Erg, J.
The plaintiff’s judgment was entered on the verdict of a jury in support of a claim for damages on account of the ■defendant’s negligence. The plaintiff was a passenger on a Lexington avenue car going north, in the borough of Manhattan, on the afternoon of January 31, 1900, and the accident occurred as she was alighting, or as she was about to alight, at Forty-Fifth street. There was ■evidence which required the submission to the jury of the respective •questions of negligence and contributory negligence, and, while the •verdict rendered was a large one, the undisputed injur)' was severe and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. . FieldingNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Williams v. . B.E.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- People v. . MullNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Halpern v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Bagully v. Morning Journal Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Strickland v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903