Smith v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric 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- 15th day of June, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of June, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
This is an appeal from judgment entered on a verdict for $1,054, recovered by the plaintiff in his action for damages for personal injuries resulting from the negligence of the defendant, and from an order denying a new trial on the minutes. The appellant challenges the amount of the verdict as excessive, and a ruling of the learned trial justice upon the evidence as erroneous.
Mrs. Judge, not a physician, called by the plaintiff, was asked by plaintiff’s counsel: “ Q. You say he was a bright,-sharp man before this accident ? * * * Objected to as leading, and a conclusion of the…
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