Bach v. New
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Jacob New, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of-April, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury; also from an order enteredin said clerk’s office on the 1st day of April, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st day of April, 1897, awarding the plaintiff…
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Appeal by the defendant, Jacob New, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of-April, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury; also from an order enteredin said clerk’s office on the 1st day of April, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st day of April, 1897, awarding the plaintiff three times the amount of the verdict rendered by the jury under section 1669 of the Code of Civil Procedure. '. This…
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
The appellant, in his points and upon the argument of the appeals in this case, having stated that he did not desire the court to consider the questions raised upon the appeal from the judgment and order denying motion for new trial, in case the court should come to the conclusion that the order trebling the damages was improperly granted, we do not deem it necessary to discuss any of the exceptions or questions raised upon the record in reference to the judgment and order denying motion for new trial.
There seems to be no evidence justifying the order trebling the damages,…
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