Juries Give Swan Too Much

New York, 1895

The general term of the supreme court handed down on Thursday a decision in the case of Edward H. Swan against the Long Island railroad, in which it reverses the judgment of the lower court and orders a new trial, unless the plaintiff stipulates that he will take a verdict of $10,000. Mr. Swan was hurt by the explosion of a boiler on the railroad. The jury gave him $12,500 damages. An appeal was taken, and the general term ordered a new trial on the ground that the verdict was excessive. At the next trial the company put in no testimony and the verdict was $20,000. The court now holds that he must accept $10,000 or take a third trial.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 19, 1895, p. 8.