Seiden v. Reimer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in each of the above-entitled actions by the defendants, John B. Reimer and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff in each action, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of January, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,500 in the first action and for $1,500 in the other, and also from an order in each action entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of February, 1919, denying a motion for a…
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Appeal in each of the above-entitled actions by the defendants, John B. Reimer and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff in each action, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of January, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,500 in the first action and for $1,500 in the other, and also from an order in each action entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of February, 1919, denying a motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The actions were brought by the infant plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries, and by his father to recover for loss of services sustained by reason of the negligence of the defendants. The actions were tried together.
The defendants are father and son and were joint owners of the automobile, the negligent operation of which the jury found caused the injuries. The evidence sustained the verdicts that the defendants were negligent and the infant plaintiff was free from contributory negligence. The automobile was not a business car but was maintained for the pleasure of the…
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