Kidder v. Jones
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from Eighth district court. Action by Augustus S. Kidder against Morris Jones. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
By reason of a collision between their vehicles, both parties to this action claimed damages; the plaintiff for sums expended in repairs to his property, the defendant for the value of a diamond lost from a finger ring. The justice below gave judgment for defendant upon plaintiff’s cause of action, disallowing the counterclaim, and the plaintiff appeals. Ample evidence of the plaintiff’s negligence is afforded by the testimony of defendant’s witnesses, in fact it thereby appears that the former’s carelessness alone rendered the accident unavoidable, and upon the simple conflict presented by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Frankel v. WolfNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
- Davey v. LohrmannNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1892
- Wilson v. Wyandance Springs Improvement Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1893
- Wilson v. Wyandance Springs Improvement Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1893