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Betancourt v. Wilson

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 27, 1958
149 N.E.2d 893 (N.Y. 1958)

Opinion

Argued February 24, 1958

Decided March 27, 1958

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, ROCCO A. PARELLA, J.

Benjamin H. Siff and Julian A. Hertz for appellants.

William F. McNulty and Frederick Mellor for respondent.


Judgment reversed and a new trial granted as to each plaintiff, with costs to abide the event, upon the ground that this record presented questions of fact for a jury as to negligence and contributory negligence. No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL. Judges VAN VOORHIS and BURKE dissent and vote to affirm upon the Per Curiam opinion in the Appellate Division.


Summaries of

Betancourt v. Wilson

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 27, 1958
149 N.E.2d 893 (N.Y. 1958)
Case details for

Betancourt v. Wilson

Case Details

Full title:DONALD BETANCOURT, an Infant, by MICHAEL BETANCOURT, His Guardian ad…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 27, 1958

Citations

149 N.E.2d 893 (N.Y. 1958)
149 N.E.2d 893
173 N.Y.S.2d 613

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