Monroe 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 3d day of June, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $7,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 3d day of June, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The plaintiff testified that, on the afternoon of May 26, 1899, at about four o’clock, at the corner of One Hundred and Sixth *588street and Amsterdam avenue, he signaled to the motorman upon one of the defendant’s cars approaching from the north; that in answer to the signal the motorman nodded his head; that as the car crossed One Hundred and Sixth street it slowed up until it had nearly stopped; that as the car was slowly moving the plaintiff attempted to step upon the platform when the car started with a jerk, throwing him off and breaking his leg; that the car was one of the…
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