Boyce v. . Greeley Square Hotel Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 15, 1918, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 15, 1918, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Much irrelevant and incompetent evidence on the question of damages was admitted at the trial over objections and exceptions duly taken, (de Wolf v. Ford, 193 N. Y. 397.) The refusal of the court to charge the jury as requested, upon the law governing the measure of defendant’s liability herein, was prejudicial…
1Opinion of the CourtCollin, J.
The action is to recover the damages resulting to the plaintiff by reason of the breach by the defendant (a domestic corporation) of its obligations to her as a guest at its hotel. The breach consisted of the unjustifiable and forcible entrance of defendant’s servant, under conditions adapted to distress and shock her, into the room assigned to and occupied by her and the address to her there of vile, insulting and abusive language and the arrest there and removal of her husband. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and the consequent judgment was affirmed by the Appellate…
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