Case Name: MEEKER, Respondent, v. TOWN OF BOONVILLE, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1907-11-27
Citations: 107 N.Y.S. 1137
Docket Number: 
Parties: MEEKER, Respondent, v. TOWN OF BOONVILLE, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 107
Pages: 1137–1137

Head Matter:
MEEKER, Respondent, v. TOWN OF BOONVILLE, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
November 27, 1907.)
Action by William H. Meeker against the town of Boonville.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order, reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. Held that as matter of law upon the evidence the highway commissioner was not guilty of negligence, and that the verdict of the jury that the plaintiff was free from contributory negligence was contrary to and against the weight of the evidence.
SPRING, J., votes for reversal on the ground that the verdict of the jury was contrary to and against the weight of the evidence on both questions.