Rutledge v. City of New York

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a result of the alleged negligence of the defendant in permitting a motor truck of the sanitation department of the defendant to be stationed on the public street in the night time, without having a rear light thereon, as required by law.

On January 5, 1934, shortly before midnight, plaintiff was riding with a companion in an automobile owned by the plaintiff and driven by Ms compamon, north on Broadway near Two Hundred and Fifty-fourth street in the city of New York. The vicinity in question was…