BRATT v. MIDLAND ASPHALT CORP.


8 N.Y.2d 963 (1960)

Frank Bratt et al., Appellants, v. Midland Asphalt Corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Goodell for appellants.

J. Edmund De Castro, Jr., for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER.


Judgment reversed and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, upon the ground that the evidence in this case created a question of fact as to the nature of the relationship between defendant-respondent and defendant trucker. It, therefore, was error for the trial court to charge that defendant trucker was an independent contractor as a matter of law (Johnson v. R. T. K. Petroleum Co., 289 N.Y. 101...

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