Case Name: Michael Butler, Appellant, v. Abraham Sokolow, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1927-04
Citations: 220 A.D. 705
Docket Number: 
Parties: Michael Butler, Appellant, v. Abraham Sokolow, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 220
Pages: 705–705

Head Matter:
Michael Butler, Appellant, v. Abraham Sokolow, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event, on the ground that there was an issue of fact with respect to the negligence of the defendant and the contributory negligence of the infant plaintiff. Present — Dowling, P. J., Merrell, Finch, McAvoy and Proskauer, JJ.; Merrell, J., dissents on the ground that in his opinion no sufficient act of negligence of the defendant was shown, and further that it did not appear that the automobile which struck the infant plaintiff was the automobile of the defendant.