Case Name: NAPIECEK, Respondent, v. CROSSTOWN ST. RY. CO. OF BUFFALO, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-10-15
Citations: 143 N.Y.S. 1132
Docket Number: 
Parties: NAPIECEK, Respondent, v. CROSSTOWN ST. RY. CO. OF BUFFALO, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 143
Pages: 1132–1132

Head Matter:
NAPIECEK, Respondent, v. CROSSTOWN ST. RY. CO. OF BUFFALO, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department
October 15, 1913.)
Action by Julia Napiecek, as administratrix, etc., against the Drosstown Street Railway Company of Buffalo.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order revers-
ed and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event, unless the plaintiff shall, within 20 days, stipulate to reduce the verdict to the sum of $3,000, as of the date of the rendition thereof, in which event the judgment is modified accordingly and, as so modified, is, together with the order, affirmed, without costs of this appeal to either party. Held, that the verdict is excessive, and that improper and inflammatory remarks were made by plaintiff's counsel.