Thompson v. P. H. Keahon, Inc.

We are asked to review three exceptions taken by the plaintiff on the trial. As to the first exception, the court below properly excluded evidence of one Douglas “as to the length of time it took him (Douglas) to go from Pier 3 on Staten Island to the ferry.” This offer was made to establish that defendant’s driver took longer than a reasonable time to cover the distance with his truck, from pier 3, Staten Island, to the United States Stores at Greenwich street, Manhattan. Without proof that the conditions as to size of the trucks, the extent of the traffic, the weight of the trucks, the…