Titus v. Tangeman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Cornelius Hoagland Tangeman, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of January, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury for $3,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of ■January, 1906, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
The defendant was steering a disabled automobile which was being hauled by an attached rope- about ten feet in length, by another machine operated by steam in the charge of a chauffeur, A blockade of traffic was encountered and the two machines were - brought to a standstill near the curb", the rope resting on- the pavement. The plaintiff accompanied by her daughter endeavored, to .cross the blockaded street, and in doing so came to a point between the car tracks and the stationary automobiles, when she changed her mind and .concluded to return to the sidewalk. She asked the…
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