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Lewey v. Wakefield

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 7, 1948
274 App. Div. 834 (N.Y. App. Div. 1948)

Opinion

July 7, 1948.

Appeal from Broome County Court.


The case arose from a collision of the automobile of the plaintiff and a small autotruck owned by one defendant and operated by the other. It occurred on a three-strip public highway when the defendant driver was making a left turn into a gas station and across the right of way of plaintiff's oncoming car. The evidence presented clear questions of fact as to whether negligence on the part of one or both of the drivers was a proximate cause of the collision. Defendants counterclaimed for their respective damages. In reporting the no cause verdict the jury specifically and expressly based it upon a finding that neither operator was negligent. No view of the evidence sustained such a conclusion. Order affirmed, with $25 costs and disbursements. Heffernan, Brewster and Foster, JJ., concur; Hill, P.J., and Deyo, J., dissent.


Summaries of

Lewey v. Wakefield

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 7, 1948
274 App. Div. 834 (N.Y. App. Div. 1948)
Case details for

Lewey v. Wakefield

Case Details

Full title:THOMAS LEWEY, Respondent, v. GEORGE WAKEFIELD et al., Appellants

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Jul 7, 1948

Citations

274 App. Div. 834 (N.Y. App. Div. 1948)