Knapp v. Gould Automobile Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
A jury has awarded to the plaintiff damages for personal injuries sustained while a guest in an automobile owned by the defendant. Concededly the, accident resulted from a mechanical defect in the car — not from fault in its operation or from plaintiff’s contributory negligence. Our problem is to determine the extent of defendant’s legal duty to the plaintiff under the circumstances disclosed by the record.
The defendant is a corporate automobile sales agency doing business at Watertown, N. Y., in connection with which it maintains a garage for servicing automobiles. On August 8, 1935, it lent…
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- Johnson v. H. M. Bullard Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
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