New York Court of Appeals, 1915

Hobart v. . the Town of Tully

Hobart v. . the Town of Tully
New York Court of Appeals · Decided January 26, 1915 · <italic>Per Curiam</italic>.
108 N.E. 1096; 214 N.Y. 606; 1915 N.Y. LEXIS 1265 (North Eastern Reporter)

Hobart v. . the Town of Tully

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

We think that on the evidence presented by the plaintiff the questions of defendant’s negligence and of the intestate’s freedom from contributory negligence were ones of fact to be decided by the jury, and that, therefore, it was error for the court to grant defendant’s motion for a nonsuit.

The judgment appealed from should be reversed and a new trial granted, costs to abide event.

■ Willard Bartlett, Ch. J., Hiscock, Miller, Cardozo and Seabury, JJ., concur; Chase and Cuddebaok, JJ., dissent on the ground that'the plaintiff failed to show affirmatively that the intestate was free from contributory negligence.

Judgment reversed, etc.

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