Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1935

Newell v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad

Newell v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 15, 1935
244 A.D. 738; 279 N.Y.S. 996
Newell v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, who fell while alighting from defendant’s trolley car, on which he was a passenger. Appeal from judgment in plaintiff’s favor. Judgment affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Hagarty, Seudder, Tompkins and Davis, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., dissents and votes for reversal and a new trial upon the ground that the determination of the jury was against the weight of the evidence.

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