Smith v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Hew York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 10th day of May, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9tli day of April, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made u]Don the minutes, unless within ten days after service of the order the defendant should pay $50 to…
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Appeal by the defendant, The City of Hew York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 10th day of May, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9tli day of April, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made u]Don the minutes, unless within ten days after service of the order the defendant should pay $50 to the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The order granting the new trial to the - defendant was made on the minutes and "on the exceptions. Ho other ground is specified, and, therefore, the relief was granted on account of the errors of law of the learned trial justice. (Rule 31.) The order is made conditional on the payment of fifty dollars by the defendant. I think that the order is improper, inasmuch as the new trial is granted, not as a matter of favor, but as a matter of right. The practice authorized by such cases as Bailey v. Park (5 Hun, 41); O'Shea v. McLear (15 Civ. Proc. Rep. 69); Lyons v. Connor (53 App. Div.…
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