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Connolly v. Elston

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 23, 1936
248 App. Div. 211 (N.Y. App. Div. 1936)

Opinion

June 23, 1936.

Appeal from Supreme Court of Bronx County.

Leo F. Potts of counsel [ Daniel Mungall, attorney], for the appellant.

Robert H. Kilroe of counsel [ Daniel O'Sullivan with him on the brief; James V. Kilroe, attorney], for the respondents.

Present — MARTIN, P.J., McAVOY, UNTERMYER, DORE and COHN, JJ.


The action is to recover damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff Mary Connolly, and for loss of her services to William J. Connolly, her husband, arising out of an automobile accident caused by defendant's alleged negligence.

After the summations of counsel, the court upon motion of plaintiffs, directed a verdict in their favor on the question of liability and left to the jury only the assessment of damages. In thus deciding the issues of defendant's negligence and plaintiffs' freedom from contributory negligence, we believe the court erred.

It is only when a verdict for defendant must be set aside as unsupported by sufficient evidence that a verdict for plaintiff should be directed. ( Getty v. Williams Silver Co., 221 N.Y. 34, 39; McDonald v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co., 167 id. 66.)

The judgment appealed from should be reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.


Judgment unanimously reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.


Summaries of

Connolly v. Elston

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 23, 1936
248 App. Div. 211 (N.Y. App. Div. 1936)
Case details for

Connolly v. Elston

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM J. CONNOLLY and MARY CONNOLLY, Respondents, v. LOUIS CLIFFORD…

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

Date published: Jun 23, 1936

Citations

248 App. Div. 211 (N.Y. App. Div. 1936)
288 N.Y.S. 910

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