Sheehan v. Coffey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, James J. Sheehan, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 14th day of December, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury for $235, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kiley, J.:
On January 11, 1921, the plaintiff was invited by the defendant to ride in his automobile from Albany to New York city. He accepted, and with the defendant and a Mr. Carroll started from Albany about ten a. m. on that day; the three men sat in the front seat of the auto, which was a Hudson Super Six. Somewhere near the city of Hudson the defendant speeded up his car until it was going at the rate of sixty-five miles an hour, when the speedometer broke. Plaintiff told defendant he was going too fast and that he did not want to ride at that rate, or words to that effect. He was told…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McDonald v. . WalterNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Miller v. Barker, Rose & Clinton Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
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