Ptasznik v. Schultz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
At trial, the primary question for the jury was whether the plaintiffs decedent gave the defendants certain sums of money by way of loan, as the plaintiff claimed, or by way of gift, as the defendants claimed. During his summation, the plaintiffs attorney stated that the deceased could, in effect, “speak to us” and, over the defendants’ objection, read to the jury the contents of an affidavit of the deceased in which the deceased characterized the moneys as loaned. The affidavit had been in the Supreme Court’s file, but had not been marked or introduced into…
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