Case Name: Annie M. Austin, Respondent, v. The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1916-04
Citations: 173 A.D. 925
Docket Number: 
Parties: Annie M. Austin, Respondent, v. The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 173
Pages: 925–926

Head Matter:
First Department,
April, 1916.
Annie M. Austin, Respondent, v. The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company, Appellant.
Motor vehicle—negligence—automobile left unattended at exhibition — injury —proximate cause — evidence.
Appeal by the defendant, The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of October, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,184, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of November, 1915, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
It does not appear from the evidence that the'automobile which caused the injury was in the possession or under the control of the defendant. It also would appear from the evidence on this trial that the proximate cause of the injury was the negligent act of a third person for whose act the defendant was not responsible. The j udgment and order should be reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. Present — Clarke, P. J., Laughlin, Scott, Page and Davis, JJ.; Scott, J., dissented.