Ward v. Clark
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in both actions by the defendant, Frederick W. Clark, from judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, Walter A. Ward in the first action and Lucy P. Ward in the second action, entered in the office of the clerk .of the county of Monroe on the 17th day of May, 1919, upon the verdict of á jury for $350 in the first action and for $1,000 in the second action, and also from orders entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion in…
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Appeal in both actions by the defendant, Frederick W. Clark, from judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, Walter A. Ward in the first action and Lucy P. Ward in the second action, entered in the office of the clerk .of the county of Monroe on the 17th day of May, 1919, upon the verdict of á jury for $350 in the first action and for $1,000 in the second action, and also from orders entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion in each action for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, P. J.:
These actions arise out of a collision between two automobiles, a Ford and a Hudson sedan. The collision occurred on the evening of January 23, 1919, at the intersection of two streets in the city of Rochester. It was dark and had been raining. The plaintiff Walter A. Ward was driving a Ford car easterly; with him were his wife and two other ladies. The defendant was driving the Hudson north.
The Hudson car had the right of way where the cars collided, but the Ford car reached there first. The driver of the Ford saw the Hudson car approaching and could have avoided the collision…
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