Legal Opinion

People v. . Curtis

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 29, 1916PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered April 30, 1915, which affirmed a judgment of the Jefferson County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of a violation of subdivision 3 of section 290 of the Highway Law and also affirmed an order of the said court overruling a demurrer to the indictment. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered April 30, 1915, which affirmed a judgment of the Jefferson County Court rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of a violation of subdivision 3 of section 290 of the Highway Law and also affirmed an order of the said court overruling a demurrer to the indictment. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The indictment is insufficient in law, and the demurrer thereto was improperly overruled. (People v. Rosenheimer, 70 Misc. Rep. 433; 146 App. Div. 875; 209…

1Opinion of the Court

Willard Bartlett, Ch. J.

By the first count of the indictment the grand jury of Jefferson county accused the defendant of the crime of violating subdivision 3 of section 290 of the Highway Law of the state of New York, committed as follows: On October 11, 1913, at the city of Watertown, in said county and state, the said Raymond J. Curtis wrongfully, unlawfully and feloniously, while operating an automobile, through his own culpability, caused injury to the property and person of one Brainard W. Cole, and the said Raymond J. Curtis then and there well knowing that injury had been caused to…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. HakalaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
  2. People v. . CurtisNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
  3. Miller v. Trans Oil Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1954
  4. Commonwealth v. NurmiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  5. Miller v. Trans Oil Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1954

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