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Patrick Clark, Respondent, v. The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, Appellant, 1903 — 174 N.Y. 523 · caselaw · US
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Patrick Clark, Respondent, v. The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, Appellant
174 N.Y. 523·New York Court of Appeals·1903·NY
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Patrick Clark, Respondent, v. The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, Appellant.
Reported below, 78 App. Div. 478.
(Argued March 16, 1903;
decided March 24, 1903.)
Motion to dismiss an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 13,1903, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial.
The motion was made upon the ground that the appeal was from a judgment of the Appellate Division unanimously affirming a judgment entered upon a verdict in an action to recover damages for a personal injury, with the exception that one justice dissented upon the ground that the amount of the verdict was excessive.
Isaac M. Kapper for motion.
George D. Yeomans opposed.
[MAJORITY]
Motion denied, without costs.