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Boyer v. ScripterBoyer v. Scripter

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Jan 10, 1951
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Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment dismissing his complaint in a negligence action, entered upon the verdict ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‍of a jury after a trial in the Supreme Court, Sara-toga County, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The automobiles of plaintiff and defendant collided at the ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‍intersection of Walnut and Washington Streets in the city of Saratoga. Defendant’s car approached the intersection on the plaintiff’s right. The testimony was such that the jury could find that neither party ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‍exercised due care in approaching and entering the intersection. The exclusion of testimony as to skid marks, purporting to have been made by defendant’s car, was erroneous in our opinion; but the ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‍error, in view of other testimony in the ease, is not of sufficient *602gravity to require a reversal. The trial court correctly refused to charge the doctrine of the last clear chance. Judgment ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‍and order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Present — Poster, P. J., Heffernan, Brewster, Deyo and Coon, JJ.

Case Details

Case Name: Boyer v. Scripter
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Jan 10, 1951
Citations: 278 A.D. 601; 102 N.Y.S.2d 2; 1951 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4074
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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