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Eggleton v. Thompson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 1, 1948
273 App. Div. 987 (N.Y. App. Div. 1948)

Opinion

April 1, 1948.

Present — Hill, P.J., Heffernan, Foster, Russell and Deyo, JJ.


Appeal from a judgment of no cause of action in a negligence action and from an order denying a new trial. The plaintiff, a passenger, was injured when the automobile in which she was riding collided with the defendant's car at an intersection. There is ample evidence to substantiate the defendant's contention that he stopped before entering the intersection and that the automobile in which the plaintiff was riding was on the wrong side of the road when the collision occurred. The failure of the trial court to charge that the defendant was "required to see what was there to be seen" before he entered the highway was not prejudicial under the defendant's theory of how the accident occurred which apparently was accepted by the jury. The trial court realized and corrected his erroneous charge as to the existence of a joint venture as soon as possible. Judgment and order unanimously affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Eggleton v. Thompson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 1, 1948
273 App. Div. 987 (N.Y. App. Div. 1948)
Case details for

Eggleton v. Thompson

Case Details

Full title:MARY T. EGGLETON, Appellant, v. E.G. THOMPSON, Respondent

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

Date published: Apr 1, 1948

Citations

273 App. Div. 987 (N.Y. App. Div. 1948)