Soos v. Soos

Appeal by defendant from a judgment for plaintiff rendered by the North Tonawanda City Court sitting without a jury. The judgment was for collision damage to an automobile.

The judgment must be reversed because the plaintiff was not the registered owner of the automobile, but had caused it to be registered in the name of his mother, who is the wife of the defendant. It is immaterial that plaintiff paid the repair bill.

Section 11 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law requires vehicles to be registered in the name of the owner. Shuba v. Greendonner (271 N. Y. 189) holds in effect that such distinctions…