Salzman v. Mandel
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment and order of the City Court of the city of New York, denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
Substantial error was committed in the exclusion of certain evidence offered for the defendant, and the motion for a new trial should have been granted. The action was for an assault, suffered by the plaintiff at the hands of the defendant, a banker, at his place of business; and the issue was whether the assault had ever taken place. The testimony of the plaintiff was corroborated by an apparently disinterested witness, Grief, but, upon cross-examination, the defendant’s counsel was not permitted to bring out the reasons why the witness, a former customer, had ceased dealing with the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Schultz v. . Third Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- People v. MilksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902