Cook v. Berg

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brogan, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff below recovered a judgment for personal injuries in the Common Pleas Court of Union county. While crossing a public highway in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he was struck by a taxicab owned and operated by the defendant.. The sole ground of appeal is that the trial court should either have granted the defendant’s motion for nonsuit or his motion for a directed verdict on the ground that the plaintiff, as a matter of law, was guilty of contributory negligence.

It appears that the plaintiff was crossing north Broad street from…