Venuta v. New York, Westchester & Connecticut Traction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Westchester County. Action by Antonio Venuta against the New York, Westchester & Connecticut Traction Company and another. From a judgment for defendants and from an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. Reversed.
1Dissent
WOODWARD, J. (dissenting).
The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries conceded to have been sustained by him in a collision between a wagon driven by the son of the defendant George Underhill and a car operated by the defendant railroad company’s servants, the plaintiff being an employe of the defendant Underhill, and engaged in assisting in delivering a load of straw in the city of Mt. Vernon. The straw had been delivered, and the plaintiff and Benjamin F. Underhill were on their way home; Underhill driving the team, and the plaintiff sitting on the edge of the hay rack,…
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