HUGHES v. PUBLIC SERVICE, ETC., TRANSPORT


5 N.J. Super. 15 (1949)

68 A.2d 351

BENJAMIN HUGHES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COORDINATED TRANSPORT, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided September 15, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. McTague argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellant.

Mr. Herman H. Wille, Jr. (Mr. Carl T. Freggens, attorney) argued the cause for the defendant-respondent.

Before Judges CLEARY, LLOYD and STANTON.


The opinion of the court was delivered by STANTON, J.S.C.

Plaintiff brought an action in the Hudson County District Court for damages to its bus resulting from a collision with a trolley car of defendant. The court below dismissed the action at the close of plaintiff's case on the ground that there was no proof of negligence.

There was evidence that plaintiff's bus, in a line of traffic, was proceeding in a northerly direction on Bergen Avenue, Jersey City...

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