Vargo v. P. Ballantine & Sons

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J.

This was a suit to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff-respondent, Yargo, because of injuries received while a passenger in a bus owned and operated by the defendant Elizabeth-Union-Hillside-Irvington Line, Incorporated (hereinafter called “Elizabeth-Union Line”), which was in collision with a truck owned by the defendant Metropolitan Distributors, Incorporated, and leased to and operated by the defendant-appellant, P. Ballantine & Sons (hereafter called “Ballantine”).

A verdict was rendered by the jury in favor of the plaintiff, Yargo,…