Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1902

Denton v. Brooklyn Heights R.

Denton v. Brooklyn Heights R.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided October 17, 1902 · Bartlett, Goodrich, Hirschberg, Jenks, Woodward
78 N.Y.S. 157; 75 A.D. 619 (New York Supplement)

Counsel

Thomas C. Whitlock, for appellant., I. R. Oeland, for respondent.

Denton v. Brooklyn Heights R.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The minutes show conclusively that this judgment was based upon a motion granting a nonsuit. As there was evidence tending to establish the fact that the defendant’s car was run through a fog at the rate of 18 miles an hour, it cannot be said as matter of law that there was no question of negligence on the part of •the defendant to be determined. The question of the plaintiff’s con-*158tributary negligence was also one of fact. For these reasons the judgment must be reversed, and a new trial ordered.

Judgment of the municipal court reversed, and new trial ordered; costs to abide the event. All concur.

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