Legal Opinion

Gehl v. Bachmann-Bechtel Brewing Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 28, 1913PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, the Bachmann-Bechtel Brewing Company, from a judgment of the County Court of Richmond county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 23d day of March,. 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,200, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of March, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made Upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Thomas, J.:

The main questions are Whether the act of one Bechdoll in assaulting the plaintiff’s wife is imputable to the defendant, the former’s employer, and whether it was error to allow the plaintiff’s son, aged seven at. the event and nine at the trial, to make a statement without oath or affirmation. The plaintiff tenanted a saloon and the defendant furnished him with.beer, and for securing the money advanced for the license the latter held an assignment of it by an instrument which, among other things, provides: “ I will surrender and deliver up to the said party of the second part upon…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. MichaelWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
  2. People v. FrindelNew York Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Neustadt v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1907

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Stoppick v. GoldsteinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
  2. Gavrilutz v. SavageAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  3. Michel v. SemerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
  4. Claim of McLaughlin v. Curtis-Quillen Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
  5. Croissant v. DoscherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935

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