Case Name: William H. Hurley, Respondent, v. Orlando W. Butler, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-05
Citations: 132 A.D. 910
Docket Number: 
Parties: William H. Hurley, Respondent, v. Orlando W. Butler, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 132
Pages: 910–910

Head Matter:
William H. Hurley, Respondent, v. Orlando W. Butler, Appellant.
Negligence — master and servant — reversal of judgment.
Appeal from a judgment, entered in the Mew York county clerk’s office on the 29th dby of October, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, and also , from ah order entered on the same day denying a motion for a new trial.

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. Present — Ingraham, McLaughlin, Laughlin, Houghton and Scott, JJ.; Houghton, J.,. concurring on the ground only that there was error in refusing to charge as requested. Laughlin, J., dissented. Judgment and order reversed and new trial ordered, costs to appellant to abide event.