Legal Opinion
McCormick v. Merritt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 22, 1931PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdgcomb, J.
Upon the theory that defendant’s negligence caused the death of Elizabeth McCormick, a girl ten years of age, her administrator has been awarded a judgment for the pecuniary damages which have been sustained by her next of kin by reason of her demise.
At the time of her death decedent was a passenger in a Ford truck, which was being driven down a steep hill in the town of Prattsburg, Steuben county, by the Rev. Stanley Harker. It is claimed by the respondent, and strenuously denied by the appellant, that the defendant owned the truck in question at the time of the accident, and that he had…
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