Katz v. Atfield
City of New York Municipal Court
Appeal from trial term. Action by Bernard Katz and others' against Catharine Atfield. Plaintiffs moved for a new trial. Motion granted. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.
This cause was tried at trial term before judge and jury, and resulted in a verdict of $30 for plaintiffs; whereupon plaintiffs’ counsel immediately moved to set aside the verdict upon all the grounds stated in section 999 of the Code, which was denied and excepted to on April 21st, the day of trial. Two days thereafter plaintiffs obtained from the judge who had presided at the trial an order for defendant to show cause on the next day before him, at the trial term, why the motion for a new trial should not be reargued, and a new trial granted on the judge’s minutes, or for such other and…
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- Katz v. AtfieldCity of New York Municipal Court · 1893