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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Joseph H. Clark, Respondent, v. George C. Traver, Appellant.
    
      Negligence — motor vehicles — action to recover for personal injuries received while riding as guest in automobile through alleged negligence of owner.
    
    
      . Clark v. Traver, 205 App. Div. 206, affirmed.
    (Argued November 23, 1923;
    decided December 27, 1923.)
    Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 23, 1923, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict in an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of defendant. Plaintiff, while riding as a guest in defendant’s automobile, received injuries through an accident arising, as alleged, from the automobile being driven at an excessive speed. The defense was contributory negligence.
    
      John A. Slade for appellant.
    
      Henry F. Toohey for respondent.
   Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Hogan, Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane and Andrews, JJ.