Legal Opinion
Heller v. Murray
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided December 14, 1981PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
John A. Milano, J.
ISSUE
Is a court (trier of the fact) required to accept a handwriting expert’s opinion to the exclusion of the facts and circumstances disclosed by other testimony? Is such an opinion subject to the same rules concerning credibility as the testimony of any other witness?
FACTS
This is a holdover proceeding brought by the petitioner landlord pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 53 of the Code of the Real Estate Industry Stabilization Association of New York City, Inc., in that the respondent tenants allegedly are in violation of subdivision 6 of paragraph…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Commercial Casualty Insurance v. RomanNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Hoag v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Miles v. . LoomisNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- In Re the Estate of SylvestriNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Herring v. HayesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987