American Grocery Co. v. Delaware
American Grocery Co. v. Delaware
Opinion of the Court
The defendant appeals from a judgment obtained against it in the District Court of Hudson county. The action was for the alleged negligence of the defendant railroad company in attempting to get the plaintiff’s truck on a ferry boat at Christopher street, Jersey City.
The ground of appeal is that there was no proof of negligence, and particularly under the state of demand filed in the ease, and that the court should either have entered a nonsuit or directed a verdict for the defendant at the trial of the case.
The state of demand is not printed in the state of the case, but the appellant adds what it claims is a copy at the end of its brief. We cannot sanction this unauthorized and unwarranted method of attempting to get a part of a record before us. The state of the case properly certified is alone the record that can be used on the appeal.
Disregarding this attempted interpolation and assuming that the proofs were in conformity with the pleadings, we
In this we think there was proof from which negligence could be inferred, and the chauffeur of the assisting truck being the agent of the appellant, it was responsible for his act.
The respondent contends that in any event the appellant is not entitled to have its appeal considered because no exception was taken to the ruling on the motions that the court control the case by nonsuit or direction, but this is not so. The case was tried by the judge without a jury and chapter 62 of the laws of 1916 (page 109) provides that “any error made by the court in giving final judgment in the cause shall be subject to change, modification or reversal without the grounds of objection having been specifically submitted to the court.” As, however, we have reached the conclusion that negligence was adequately proved, it is unnecessary to further consider this point.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- AMERICAN GROCERY COMPANY v. THE DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY
- Status
- Published