Case Name: Robert F. Dwyer, Respondent, v. The Metropolitan Street Railway Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1901-06
Citations: 35 Misc. 799
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert F. Dwyer, Respondent, v. The Metropolitan Street Railway Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 799–799

Head Matter:
Robert F. Dwyer, Respondent, v. The Metropolitan Street Railway Company, Appellant.
Appeal from, a judgment rendered' in favor of the plaintiff in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, ninth district, borough of Manhattan.
H. A. Robinson (G. Glenn Worden, of counsel), for appellant.
John J. Quencer, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Although the evidence was conflicting there was sufficient to justify the judgment. If it were held to be contributory negligence as a matter of law to attempt to cross a railway track with a. horse and wagon when a car is a block and a half away, all travel except by surface cars would practically have to be suspended. The motorman admits that he saw the wagon on or near the track when he was about a block away, and he should then have taken the necessary measures to avoid a collision. His story that the horse swerved into the car after he had safely cleared the wagon lacks corroboration, and the justice was warranted in disregarding it.
Present: Scott, P. J., Beach and Fitzgerald, JJ.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.