Rinklin v. Acker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Charles H. Acker and another, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 15th day of November, 1907, in an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a journeyman plumber while working upon premises owned by the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.:
This case was tried before a jury, and the plaintiff’s attorney examining them, asked the jurors this question: “Are any of you *245gentlemen insured in the Fidelity and Casualty Company ? ” The defendants’ counsel then asked that the case be withdrawn from the jury on the ground that the counsel had asked a question which he knew, or should have known, was incompetent. The court said that..it understood such a line of inquiry to be competent. The plaintiff’s counsel was allowed to ask the question, and the defendants took an exception. The jurors did not reply. Plaintiff’s counsel…
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