Taylor v. Robinson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Charles Alexander Robinson a,nd another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on or about the 5th day of February, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000; also from an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of January, 1921, denying defendants’ motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial made upon the minutes upon the condition that the…
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Appeal by the defendants, Charles Alexander Robinson a,nd another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on or about the 5th day of February, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000; also from an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of January, 1921, denying defendants’ motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial made upon the minutes upon the condition that the plaintiff stipulate to reduce the verdict to $5,500, and also from a further order, entered in said clerk’s office on…
1Opinion of the Court
Jaycox, J.:
The plaintiff was a^ student in a school conducted by the defendants, known as the Peekskill Military Academy. At the time of the occurrences involved in this action this school was under the supervision of the Federal government through an officer detailed for that purpose. The plaintiff entered the defendants’ school in the fall of 1914 and remained until January 27, 1919. For some time prior to the last-mentioned date the seniors and juniors resident in the building known as the James B. Ford Upper House were allowed to study in their rooms. The younger boys and those who had…
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- Goldstein v. New York UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- People ex rel. O'Sullivan v. New York Law SchoolNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Kentucky Military Institute v. BrambletCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Kabus v. SeftnerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1901
- Samson v. Trustees of Columbia UniversityNew York Supreme Court · 1917
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