Hyperlawhypertext legal database Bockhaus v. Interboro Rapid Transit Co. 152 N.Y.S. 1099

← Cases

Bockhaus v. Interboro Rapid Transit Co.

152 N.Y.S. 1099 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1915-03-26 English

Decision Majority — PER CURIAM. · Dissent — INGRAHAM, P. J.,

Contents
p. 1099
BOCKHAUS, Appellant, v. INTERBORO RAPID TRANSIT CO., Respondent.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
March 26, 1915.)

Headnote

Action by George Bockhaus against the Interboro Rapid Transit Company. W. M. Geer, Jr., of New York City, for appellant. B. H. Ames, of New York City, for respondent.

Order affirmed, with costs.

dissents, on the ground that the application of the maxim res ipsa loquitur, and the evidence of an uncommon jerk, which was the immediate cause of the accident, presented a question for the jury as to the negligence of the defendant. Order filed.