Legal Opinion

Wallace v. Bennett

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

Decided January 10, 1940PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment and orders affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: We find no reversible error in the court’s having permitted plaintiff to testify that she had never driven a car. There was other evidence from which the jury could have found that Edna E. Bennett was driving her husband’s car at the time of the accident. Indeed the fact was admitted by counsel for defendants in his opening to the jury. We also think the ease can be distinguished from the case of Galbraith v. Busch (267 N. Y. 230) and like authorities, in which there was no direct proof of negligence and in which it was held that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Galbraith v. BuschNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
  2. Flannery v. SahagianAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Blaszyk v. Eastern Auto Forwarding Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943

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