Case Name: Myer Levy, Appellant, v. Morris Stotchik, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1928-06-26
Citations: 132 Misc. 453
Docket Number: 
Parties: Myer Levy, Appellant, v. Morris Stotchik, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 132
Pages: 453–454

Head Matter:
Myer Levy, Appellant, v. Morris Stotchik, Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
June 26, 1928.
William H. Freedman, for the appellant.
Frederick Mellor, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The testimony offered by the plaintiff is to the effect that while his car was standing at the curb of West Seventy-ninth street, which runs somewhat at a grade, defendant's sedan car, with its windows so closed that an outsider was not able to reach the brake, rolled down an incline and damaged plaintiff's car. From these facts there is surely a prima facie inference that the defendant's car was negligently parked, either without brakes set or with defective brakes, quite apart from the neglect to take other possible precautions. It was, therefore, error to dismiss the complaint at the close of plaintiff's case.
Judgment reversed and a new trial ordered, with thirty dollars costs to appellant to abide the event.
All concur; present, Bijur, Levy and Crain, JJ.