Case Name: Fred Wemette, Appellant, v. American Carbide Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-03
Citations: 150 A.D. 889
Docket Number: 
Parties: Fred Wemette, Appellant, v. American Carbide Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 889–893

Head Matter:
Fred Wemette, Appellant, v. American Carbide Company, Respondent.
Master and servant — negligence—contributory negligence—injury by machine.
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered in the Clinton county clerk’s office May 1, 1911, on a decision of the court setting aside the verdict of a jury as to two questions and granting a nonsuit or dismissal of the complaint.

Opinion:
Judgment vacated and order modified by striking therefrom the provision dismissing the complaint and inserting in lieu thereof a provision granting a new trial, and as so modified affirmed, with costs to plaintiff to abide the event of the action. This decision is made upon the ground that the finding of the jury that the defendant was guilty of negligence is against the weight of evidence, the court holding that the questions as to the plaintiff's assumption of risk and contributory negligence were proper questions for the determination of the jury. All concurred, Kellogg, J., in result, except Betts, J., dissenting, in opinion.