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Murphy v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.

260 A.D. 886 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1940-10-28 English

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Evelyn Murphy (Formerly Evelyn O’Donnell), Respondent, and James Murphy, Plaintiff, v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corporation, Defendant, and Welsh Bros. Contracting Co., Inc., Appellant.

The respondent, a passenger in a trolley car owned and operated by defendant Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corporation, was injured in a collision between the trolley ear and a truck owned by the appellant, Welsh Bros. Contracting Co., Inc., and operated by its employee. Upon the trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant Brooklyn & Queens

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Transit Corporation and against the Welsh Bros. Contracting Co., Inc., from which the latter appeals. Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Taylor and Close, JJ.