Case Name: Sidney E. Colbourn, Appellant, v. The New York Central Railroad Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1925-06
Citations: 214 A.D. 807
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sidney E. Colbourn, Appellant, v. The New York Central Railroad Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 214
Pages: 807–807

Head Matter:
Fourth Department,
June, 1925.
Sidney E. Colbourn, Appellant, v. The New York Central Railroad Company, Respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The learned trial justice granted defendant's motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict is excessive. The record discloses that the plaintiff received a serious injury. Giving full effect to plaintiff's proof, the verdict might be said to be warranted. The trial justice, however, saw and heard the witnesses including the plaintiff himself and we feel under the circumstances of this case disinclined to interfere with the discretion with which the trial justice is vested. (Boos v. Field, 192 App. Div. 696.) Order affirmed, with costs. All concur. Present — Hubbs, P. J., Clark, Davis, Sears and Crouch, JJ.