Higgins v. Goerke Kirch Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from the Supreme Court, whose opinion, reversing a judgment of the District Court of Elizabeth, is reported in 91 N. J. L. 464.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Parker, J.
The facts, or the inferences deducible therefrom, are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court, and we concur in the result reached by that court in reversing the judgment and remanding the cause for a new trial.
The trial judge held specifically that he could “find no negligence in law on the part of the defendant upon which liability in this case can be based.” This, taken in connection with other language in his written decision,, we understand as meaning that upon no legitimate finding of facts as based on the evidence could negligence…
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