Legal Opinion

Perevit v. Bilous

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

Decided June 6, 1949Published

1Opinion of the Court

Assuming that the evidence was sufficient to justify an inference that decedent was struck by the truck owned by defendant Bilous and operated by defendant Coteaux, it is not sufficient to justify a further inference that the contact was due to the negligence of the operator of the truck. (Wieland v. Third Ave. Tr. Corp., 296 N. Y. 1047.) Present— Carswell, Acting P. J., Johnston, Adel, Sneed and Wenzel, JJ.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wieland v. Third Avenue Transit CorporationNew York Court of Appeals · 1947