Mehlhop v. Central Union Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Central Union Trust Company of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Bronx on the 26th day of March, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of March, 1921, setting aside a verdict in favor of the defendant and directing a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Merrell, J.:
This appeal is by the defendant, Central Union Trust Company of New York, from a judgment rendered in plaintiff’s favor for $3,656.50 upon a verdict directed by the court at Trial Term in favor of the plaintiff and against said defendant. At the close of the evidence both sides moved for the direction of a verdict, and the corut first granted defendant’s motion. Upon plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict thus directed, it was stipulated that, if the court finally decided that, it had erred in directing a verdict in defendant’s avor, a verdict might be directed in favor of…
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