Hastings v. McKinley
New York Court of Common Pleas
This suit was tried twice. Upon the first trial, the defendant had a verdict and judgment. The plaintiff appealed to the general term; but pending the appeal, the plaintiff moved, at special term, to set aside the verdict for certain alleged misconduct on the part of one of the attorneys.
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This suit was tried twice. Upon the first trial, the defendant had a verdict and judgment. The plaintiff appealed to the general term; but pending the appeal, the plaintiff moved, at special term, to set aside the verdict for certain alleged misconduct on the part of one of the attorneys. The; court, on this motion, (the affidavits being conflicting,) ordered' that the disposition of the motion await the termination of the appeal, and that if a new trial should not be ordered upon the appeal, an issue be framed for the trial by a jury of the matters alleged as grounds for setting aside the…
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court. Woodruff, J.
This action was commenced in the month of February, 1849, in the name of Mannello Montejo de Castellanos, the wife of Pedro de Castellanos, as sole plaintiff, and was founded upon an instrument in writing, dated September 1st, 1848, whereby the defendants, for value received, promised to pay to the order of Messrs. Broint & Brogues the sum of five hundred dollars as soon as certain two cases of merchandise (therein described) should be delivered or tendered to the agents of the defendants at Havana.
On the 2d September, 1848, the payees endorsed the instrument in blank, as follows : “ Pay the…
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- WoodCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1831
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