Case Name: Glenn R. Hilfiker and General Exchange Insurance Corporation, Appellants, v. Milo Adams, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-01-05
Citations: 256 A.D. 889
Docket Number: 
Parties: Glenn R. Hilfiker and General Exchange Insurance Corporation, Appellants, v. Milo Adams, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 889–889

Head Matter:
Glenn R. Hilfiker and General Exchange Insurance Corporation, Appellants, v. Milo Adams, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: A car owned and operated by plaintiff Hilfiker and one owned and operated by the defendant collided at a road intersection. The defendant had the statutory right of way (Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 82, subd. 4.) Of course, such right of way is not absolute. (Shuman v. Hall, 246 N. Y. 51; Plants v. Greiner, 232 App. Div. 73.) However, plaintiff's own recital of the way in which the accident occurred plainly shows that he does not bring himself within the doctrine laid down in the cited cases, and a nonsuit was properly granted on the ground that plaintiff himself, as a matter of law, was guilty of negligence contributing to the accident. Ad concur. (The judgment dismisses the complaint in an automobile negligence action.) Present — Sears, P. J., Crosby, Lewis, Cunningham and Taylor, JJ.