Reed v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of May, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of May, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff’s person and property, alleged to have been caused by the-negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff, at the time she was injured, was the proprietress of a school for small children, the Reed Institute, situated at 236 West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street in the city of New York. In connection with the school, the plaintiff, according to the allegations of the complaint, “ owned and. operated a ’bus or conveyance in her said business for. conveying-said children to and fro between their homes and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Higgins v. . Western Union Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Hallett v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Reed v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902