Cantanno v. James A. Stevenson Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Edward Cantanno, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 28th day of September, 1915, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
The complaint was dismissed. Defendant’s four horses before a long truck drew up on the side of Eighth street, in Long Island City. The horses’ heads were at the crosswalk at the corner of that street and Vernon avenue. The driver, leaving his truck, went over the way, and after some fifteen minutes returned to his truck and drove away. As the truck was started up the rear right wheel next to the curb came in contact with plaintiff, then about three and one-half years old, and he was thrown in front of the wheel and severely injured. The hub of the wheel extended about two inches…
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