Venuta v. New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Antonio Venuta, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 27th day of January, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of December, 1902, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. ,
1Dissent
Woodward, J. (dissenting):
The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries, conceded to have been sustained by him in a collision between a wagon driven by the son of the defendant George Underhill, and a car operated by the defendant railroad company’s servants, the plaintiff being an employe of the defendant Underhill, and engaged in assisting in delivering a load of straw in the city of Mount Vernon. The straw had been delivered, and the plaintiff and Benjamin F. Underhill were on their way home, Underhill driving the team and the plaintiff sitting on the edge of the hayrack,…
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