[Download] "Chemical Leaman Tank Lines v. Anne Stevens Et Al." by Supreme Court of New York ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Chemical Leaman Tank Lines v. Anne Stevens Et Al.
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 14, 1964
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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The jury, by its verdict, rejected defendant operator's testimony that while her car, preparatory to turning, was stopped in its proper lane, plaintiff's tractor-trailer, approaching from the opposite direction, after sudden application of its brakes left the pavement on its own side and overturned. In accepting the version tendered by plaintiff's operator, the jury very likely gave controlling weight to a report of accident made by a Deputy Sheriff, who did not testify, which was identified by the testimony of the Undersheriff who said that it was an accident report, ""a usual form made out after each automobile accident by the investigation officer"", whose duty it was to prepare it; that the signature upon it was that of the Deputy Sheriff whom the witness had dispatched to the scene of the accident; that the report was regularly kept in the course of the regular business of the Sheriff's department and