Case ID: ad_160/html/0874-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Scott, J.:", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Harry Etshells, Respondent, v. James F. Fargo, as Treasurer of the American Express Company, Appellant.
    Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the Hew York county clerk’s office on the 11th day of July, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered on the 33d day of July, 1913, denying a motion for a new trial.
   Scott, J.:

The question of defendant’s liability turns upon whether or not plaintiff had stepped onto the roadway before he was struck by defendant’s vehicle. Upon this question the weight of the evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff’s testimony that he had not stepped off the curb is not supported by any other- witness, while he is contradicted by a number of witnesses, some of whom at least appear to be wholly disinterested and worthy of belief. The judgment and order appealed from must, therefore, be reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. Clarke and Dowling, JJ., concurred; Ingraham, P. J., and Hotchkiss, J., dissented. Judgment and order reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event. Order to be settled on notice.