Illston v. Evans
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Tompkins county court. Action by Fred E. Elston against Letitia Evans and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant Letitia Evans appealed to the county court of Tompkins county, where a new trial was had. From a judgment directing a verdict for plaintiff, defendant Letitia Evans appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.
This action was brought in a justice’s court against the appellant, Letitia Evans, and her husband, DeForest J. Evans, to recover for a quantity of ice alleged to have been sold them by the plaintiff at the Cascadilla Building, in the city of Ithaca, in the summer of 1895. A judgment was obtained in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant Letitia Evans appealed to the county court of Tompkins county, where a new trial was had. - On such new trial the county judge directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and judgment was thereupon entered in his favor against the defendant Letitia…
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