Martin v. Farrell

This is a motion by the defendant to reduce a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a negligence case returned by a jury in Essex County Court on June 15, 1965, from $10,000 to $6,000, the monetary jurisdictional limit of this court.

This action was originally instituted in Supreme Court— Essex County. The plaintiff resides in Essex County. The defendant resides in Albany County. The complaint demands judgment for $25,000.

The case was on the calendar for trial at the Essex County Term of the Supreme Court which commenced on May 3, 1965.

On May 28, 1965 the following order was made and entered:

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