Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1907

O'Connor v. Burgard

O'Connor v. Burgard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 16, 1907
102 N.Y.S. 1144 (New York Supplement)
O'Connor v. Burgard

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Defendant's exceptions sustained, and motion for new trial granted, with costs to the defendant to abide event. Held, that the evidence failed to establish actionable negligence on the part of the defendant, in that the accident which caused plaintiff's injury was not of such a cha'racter that an ordinarily pm dent person would have anticipated it as liabb to happen, and that there was no negligence at tributable to defendant in failing to guarc against the possibility of its occurrence.

KRUS]D, J., dissents. Order denying motior for new trial on the ground of newly discovere~ evidence affirmed, with costs.

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