Case Name: HURLEY v. BUTLER
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-05-28
Citations: 117 N.Y.S. 1137
Docket Number: 
Parties: HURLEY v. BUTLER.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 117
Pages: 1137–1137

Head Matter:
HURLEY v. BUTLER.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
May 28, 1909.)
Appeal from Trial Term, New York County. Action by William H. Hurley against Orlando W. Butler. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Reversed.
Frank V. Johnson, for appellant.
Thos. J. O’Neill, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment and order appealed from should be reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event, on the ground that the verdict is against the weight of evidence; it appearing without contradiction that the embossing machines used by the defendant were of the character and description shown on the photographs introduced in evidence, upon which the plaintiff concedes the accident could not have happened as testified to upon the trial.
HOUGHTON, J., concurs, on the ground only that there was error in refusing to charge as requested. LAUGHLIN, J., dissents.