Order affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Trial Term properly exercised its discretion, as the jury could not have reached its conclusion on any fair interpretation of the evidence. The record clearly established the negligence of defendant's deceased and the jury could not, by any rational process, have found plaintiff Joseph Vaccaro guilty of contributory negligence (see De Lizia v Beavers,
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