Judgment reversed, on the law and in the interests of justice, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.
The appeal did not present questions of fact. At the trial on the issue of liability, before the court and a jury, the parties gave conflicting versions of how the accident happened. The testimony of either party could, if believed, support a verdict in his favor (cf. Rowlands v. Parks,
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