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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Louis Hand, Appellant, v. The New York Central Railroad Company, Respondent.
    Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
    April 13, 1927.
    Carriers —• injuries to persons — plaintiff was drenched with water on defendant’s ferryboat and suffered from effects thereof — plaintiff made out prima facie case of negligence.
    Plaintiff who showed that while a passenger on defendant’s ferryboat he was drenched with water from a hose used thereon and was laid up for two weeks thereafter, established a prima facie ease of negligence and a judgment which dismissed his complaint must be reversed.
    Appeal by plaintiff from judgment of the Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Third District, dismissing complaint.
    
      Harry Kirshbaum, for the appellant.
    Alex. S. Lyman [Lawrence R- Walton of counsel], for the respondent.
   Pee Curiam.

Plaintiff testified that while a passenger on defendant’s ferryboat he was drenched with water from a hose used on the boat to fill the boiler; that as a result he felt chills and the next morning got a doctor and was laid up for two weeks. Plaintiff evidently made out a prima facie case of negligence on the part of the defendant and sufficient prima facie proof of damage. The judgment should, therefore, be reversed and a new trial granted, with thirty dollars costs to appellant to abide the event.

All concur; present, Bijtte, Lydon and Levy, JJ.