Rittenhouse v. Town of North Hempstead

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, plaintiffs appeal from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered September 4, 1958, after a jury trial, as dismisses their complaint against the defendants Town of North Hemp-stead and Gifford Construction Co., Inc. After the jury returned a verdict in plaintiffs’ favor against said defendants, the Trial Justice set the verdict aside on the ground that it was contrary to the weight of the evidence, and directed a verdict in favor of said defendants, dismissing the complaint against them on the ground that there…