Jenkins v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Action by John Jenkins against the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company. Plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed, and motion' for new trial directed to be heard in the first instance at the appellate division.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
This action was brought to recover damages, the plaintiff having been ejected from one of the cars of the defendant company under circumstances which he contends entitle him to recover. The action came on at a trial term of this court, and at the conclusion of the defendant’s evidence the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint; directing that the exceptions taken at the trial be heard in the first instance at the appellate division of the supreme court. Briefly stated, the facts as developed on the trial are as follows: The plaintiff rode from the Wall Street Ferry on a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hibbard v. . N.Y. and Erie R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Palmeri v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Townsend v. . N.Y. Cen. H. River R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Lynch v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Willis v. . Long Island Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
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- Indianapolis Street Railway Co. v. WilsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1903