Case ID: nj-misc_1/html/0286-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

NATHAN H. BERGER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. PUBLIC SERVICE RAILWAY COMPANY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
    Submitted March 22, 1923
    Decided June 5, 1923.
    Negligence — Automobile Collision — Motion to Nonsuit — Direction of Verdict — Nature of Evidence Considered.
    On defendant’s appeal from the District Court.
    Before Justices Parker, Bergen and Minturn.
    For the appellant, Leonard J. Tynan.
    
    For the appellee, Nathan H. Berger.
    
   Per Curiam.

The only question is whether the evidence presented a case for the jury. There was a motion to nonsuit, and one to direct, on the grounds that there was no evidence of negligence and that plaintiff was conclusively shown guilty of contributory negligence.

According to the testimony for plaintiff, he drove his car up Belmont avenue ahead of defendant’s trolley car and came to a standstill preparatory to backing into a parking space, and that while so standing, defendant’s car ran into the rear of plaintiff’s ear, though the tail light was shining.

Of course, the jury should have believed the testimony of other witnesses and have taken a different view of the facts, but in such a general situation as that indicated above, it is difficult to see how any court can properly say there was no question of negligence or contributory negligence for a jury to pass upon.

The judgment is affirmed, with costs.