Case Name: Augustus W. Barney, Jr., Respondent, v. Henry Mackay, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1901-06
Citations: 35 Misc. 828
Docket Number: 
Parties: Augustus W. Barney, Jr., Respondent, v. Henry Mackay, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 828–828

Head Matter:
Augustus W. Barney, Jr., Respondent, v. Henry Mackay, Appellant.
Appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, first district, borough of Manhattan.
R. A. M. Hobbs, for appellant.
P. H. Loftus, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The motion to dismiss the complaint at the close of plaintiff's case should -have been granted, because there was entire absence of facts, showing any negligence by the driver of the runaway horses. Also, upon the whole case, it may be added, that there is no proof that he was either negligent or unskillful. The horses were- frightened by the near passage of an elevated train.
Present: Scott, P. J., Beach and Fitzgerald, JJ.
Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to abide event.