Legal Opinion

Davis v. Farnham

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 8, 1944Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment and order affirmed, without costs of this appeal to either party. All concur, except I Cunningham, P. J., and Harris, J., who dissent and vote for reversal and for granting a new trial in the following memorandum: It was error for the j Trial Judge to instruct the jury that it could not consider the speed of the defendant’s intestate in determining his negligence, unless the intestate knew I that the wheel that came off was defective. The intestate’s car at the time of the accident was nine years old and the jury might have found that it was reckless for the intestate to drive a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Martin v. HerzogNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  2. Day v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
  3. Sesselmann v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  4. Hart v. RudukAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
  5. DiCarlo v. FeldmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935

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