Case Name: JAMES E. BUDLONG, Respondent, v. ROBERT F. WESTCOTT, as President, etc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1875-02
Citations: 10 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 618
Docket Number: 
Parties: JAMES E. BUDLONG, Respondent, v. ROBERT F. WESTCOTT, as President, etc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 10
Pages: 618–618

Head Matter:
JAMES E. BUDLONG, Respondent, v. ROBERT F. WESTCOTT, as President, etc., Appellant.
This was an appeal from a judgment, entered on a verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, made on the minutes and certain affidavits claiming to set forth newly discovered evidence.
The action was brought to recover $5,000 damages, claimed for injuries to plaintiff from being run against by a vehicle of defendant, through the negligence of the driver, while the plaintiff was crossing South street, over the cross-walk from Fulton Market to Fulton Ferry, Eew York.
The court, after reviewing the evidence, was of opinion that the verdict' was against the weight of evidence, and granted a new trial, with costs to abide the event.
Luke A. Loekwood, for the appellant.
E. New, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion by Tapper, J.
Present —Barnard, P. J., Tapper and Donohue, JJ.
Judgment and order reversed, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.