Amundsen v. Consolidated Forwarding & Building Material Co.

Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 27, 1923, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict in an action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of defendant. Intestate, while crossing One Hundred and Thirty-second street near Walnut avenue in the borough of The Bronx, was run down by defendant’s automobile truck and died as a result of the injuries received. Defendant denied negligence and set up as a defense contributory…