Hyman Goldman Plumbing & Heating Corp. v. Nesbit

Appellant was one of the defendants in the above-entitled action, and he was also the attorney for the defendants. After trial of the case before the late Justice Murray without a jury, judgment was directed for plaintiff. Rosen then moved to set aside the judgment, and upon the motion presented in open court an affidavit in which he states, among other things, that before the trial he was informed by the plaintiff’s president that he “ stands very good ” with one Guitón, a former sheriff of the county of New York, and he could get him to use his influence; that he told several people that…