McHarg v. Adt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Leo F. Adt, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 3d day of November, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $4,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, P. J.:
The respondent herein obtained a verdict of $4,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of the negligence of appellant’s chauffeur. It appears that the appellant, a practicing physician residing in the city of Albany, was the owner of a large Packard automobile, which he used in his profession and which was also used generally by himself and the members of his family. On the day of the accident, October 2, 1912, appellant had been driven in the automobile to the Albany Country Club, &nd had instructed his chauffeur to return for him at a quarter of…
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