Hanlon v. . Ehrich
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 6, 1903, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered u]ion a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial and granted a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The ruling of the trial court on the admission of evidence was correct. (Romertze v. E. R. Nat.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 6, 1903, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered u]ion a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial and granted a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The ruling of the trial court on the admission of evidence was correct. (Romertze v. E. R. Nat. Bank, 49 N. Y. 577 ; Hobby v. Hobby, 64 Barb. 277 ; Honstine v. O'Donnell, 5 Hun, 472 ; Hines v. Cushing, 53 Hun, 519 ; S. & L. P. R. R. Co. v.…
1Opinion of the CourtWeenee, J.
The merits of this case seem to have been somewhat obscured in the mutual efforts of counsel to reduce to scientific accuracy a question of practice which has long been settled by the theories of text writers, but which the courts in their practical procedure have had to apply with more or less of elasticity to an infinite variety of facts.
That question, broadly stated, is whether, in the effort to contradict a ivitness for the adverse party by the contents of a writing which is shown to have been made, subscribed or sworn to by him, the paper may be introduced and read in evidence as a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Romertze v. . East River National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Gaffney v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Hobby v. HobbyNew York Supreme Court · 1869
- Saranac & Lake Placid Railroad v. ArnoldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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