Volinsky v. Public Service Coordinated Transport

The plaintiff-appellant was severely injured when the automobile which he was driving crashed into an upright pole maintained by the defendant in the center of Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, about 250 to 350 feet east of the Hackensack River bridge. When the plaintiff rested, the County Court dismissed his complaint without calling for the defendant's evidence.

Across the bridge and along Communipaw Avenue runs the double-track street car line of the defendant. The tracks are laid in the middle of the bridge and of the highway. On the bridge, the usable roadway for trucks and other vehicles…