Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1902

Henggler v. Cohn

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided June 9, 1902 · Garretson, Garrison, Gummere, Iiee, Syckel

68 N.J.L. 240; 39 Vroom 240; 52 A. 280; 1902 N.J. Sup. Ct. LEXIS 130

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Etel v. Grubb (Wash. 1930)
Snyder v. J. S. Rogers Co. (N.J. 1903)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The nonsuit in this case was properly directed. The cause of the accident was the breaking of a hinge which connected two parts' of a ladder together. Assuming the fact to be, as plaintiff contended, that the hinge was unsafe, and the ladder dangerous -on this account, this condition would have been perfectly obvious to the plaintiff upon inspection, unless it was due to a latent defect, which the master himself could not have ascertained by an inspection on his part.

*241We do not think that the evidence taken subsequent to the trial, upon rule,, is newly-discovered evidence within the meaning of that term. We have, however, examined it, and do not think it would justify the direction of a new trial.-

The rule to show cause is discharged.

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