Trampusch v. Kastner

In the month of January, 1934, after trial in an action for personal injuries, Alois Trampusch obtained judgment against ail of the defendants in the sum of $6,000. On appeal the judgment against defendant Ernest Kastner was affirmed and that against the appellants, James Markovits and Joseph Markovits, was reversed “ on the law ” and a new trial granted by decision of this court on the 29th day of October, 1934 (242 App. Div. 803). During the pendency of that appeal, however, and on the 18th day of April, 1934, plaintiff died, and his widow, the present plaintiffadministratrix, was…