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Burger v. Fifth Avenue Coach Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 20, 1928
164 N.E. 592 (N.Y. 1928)

Opinion

Argued October 18, 1928

Decided November 20, 1928

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.

Henry J. Smith and Ambrose Clogher for appellant.

Ralph Stout and Harry S. Austin for respondents.


Order of the Appellate Division reversed and judgment of the Trial Term affirmed, with costs in this court and in the Appellate Division on the ground that there is no sufficient basis for a finding of the defendant's negligence unless the plaintiffs' intestate when struck by the defendant's car was standing on the curb; no opinion.

Concur: CARDOZO, Ch. J., POUND, CRANE, ANDREWS, LEHMAN, KELLOGG and O'BRIEN, JJ.


Summaries of

Burger v. Fifth Avenue Coach Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 20, 1928
164 N.E. 592 (N.Y. 1928)
Case details for

Burger v. Fifth Avenue Coach Company

Case Details

Full title:ALICE A. BURGER et al., as Administrators of the Estate of JOHN C. BURGER…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 20, 1928

Citations

164 N.E. 592 (N.Y. 1928)
164 N.E. 592

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