Torts · MBE-tested
Chaim Witt, Respondent, v. Austro-Americana Steamship Compary, Ltd., Appellant
170 A.D. 961·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1915·NY
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Opinion
Chaim Witt, Respondent, v. Austro-Americana Steamship Compary, Ltd., Appellant.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the Mew York county clerk’s office on the 9th day of December, 1914, on a verdict, and also from an order, entered on the 24th day of Movember, 1914, denying a motion for new trial.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
The judgment and order appealed from are reversed, with costs, and the finding of the jury that the defendant was guilty of negligence is reversed, on the ground that there 'was no evidence to sustain it, and the complaint dismissed, with costs. Present — Ingraham, P. J., McLaughlin, Laughlin, Clarke and Scott, JJ. Judgment and order reversed, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.