Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial directed, with costs to abide the event. The findings of fact are affirmed.
It was error for the trial court to charge the jury that defendant had the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence that the collision between the vehicles occurred because of defective brakes on defendant's automobile which could not have been discovered by defendant before the collision. Under the doctrine of Pfaffenbach v. White...
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