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p. 345FARRELL v. INTERURBAN ST. RY. CO. (Supreme Court, Appellate Term. November 10, 1904.) Argued before FREEDMAN, P. J., and BISCHOFF and FITZGERALD, JJ.
Headnote
1. Negligence—Question eor Jury.Where, in an action for personal injuries, there was testimony, which, if believed, warranted a verdict for plaintiff, the case was for the jury.
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Tenth District.
Action by Peter Farrell against the Interurban Street Railway Company. From a judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff peals.
Reversed.
John J. Quencer, for appellant
Henry W. Goddard and William E. Weaver, for respondent.
This is one of the ordinary actions brought to recover damages for injuries claimed to have been received through the negligence of the defendant. At the close of the whole case, the trial court, stating that “there is absolutely no corroboration of the plaintiff’s statement; he gave his story and it is contradicted by several witnesses,” directed the jury to find a verdict in favor of the defendant. This was error. There was testimony in the case
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from which the jury might have found in favor of the plaintiff, if believed by them, and in such,a case it should have been submitted to them for decision. Ladd v. Ins. Co., 147 N. Y. 478 , 482, 42 N. E. 197 ; McDonald v. Metropolitan St. Ry. Co., 167 N. Y. 66 , 60 N. E. 282 .
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.
Cases cited
- Ladd v. Ætna Insurance 147 N. Y. 478 at 482, 42 p. 346
- McDonald v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. 167 N. Y. 66 p. 346