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Eliza M. Sloane, Respondent, v. The New York Elevated Railroad Company et al., Appellants, 1893 — 137 N.Y. 595 · caselaw · US
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Eliza M. Sloane, Respondent, v. The New York Elevated Railroad Company et al., Appellants
137 N.Y. 595·New York Court of Appeals·1893·NY
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Eliza M. Sloane, Respondent, v. The New York Elevated Railroad Company et al., Appellants.
(Argued February 6, 1893;
decided February 28, 1893.)
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made February 24,1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
• The following is the mem. handed down in this case : “ We think this judgment should be reversed on the principle of the opinions in Sutro et a. v. Manhattan Railway Company and Bookman v. Same, decided at this term, and a new trial ordered, with costs to abide event.”
Arthur O. Townsend, for appellants.
Charles A. B. Pratt, Jr., for respondent.
Ante, page 592.
Ante, page 302.
[MAJORITY — Andrews, Ch. J.,]
Andrews, Ch. J.,
reads mem. for reversal and new trial.
All concur.
Judgment reversed.