Novogrucky v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Henry Hovogrucky, an infant, by Wolf Hovogrncky, bis guardian ad litem, from an order of tbe Supreme Court, made at tbe Kings County Trial Term and entered, in tbe office of tbe clerk of tbe county of Kings on tbe 18th. day of February, 1907, denying tbe plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from "an order entered in said clerk’s office on tbe 18tk day of February, 1907, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial upon…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Henry Hovogrucky, an infant, by Wolf Hovogrncky, bis guardian ad litem, from an order of tbe Supreme Court, made at tbe Kings County Trial Term and entered, in tbe office of tbe clerk of tbe county of Kings on tbe 18th. day of February, 1907, denying tbe plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from "an order entered in said clerk’s office on tbe 18tk day of February, 1907, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial upon the ground of newly-discovered evidence, with notice of an intention to bring up for review a judgment in favor of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
The defendant called a witness who testified that the plaintiff’s father, a stranger to him, accosted him in the street and asked him if he would take a walk to his house as he wished to see him on a little business; that he went with him io his house and there met the plaintiff also; that the plaintiff explained to him that he had a case against the defendant and asked the witness to testify for him; that he told them that it would be perjury for him to do so and asked if they understood that, to which the plaintiff said yes; that he told the plaintiff it would be a state’s prison…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Romertze v. . East River National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
3Cited by3 opinions
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