Legal Opinion

Brown v. James

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1896PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by the defendant, Asa Gibbons, from a judgment of the City Court of Yonkers in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 1st day of April, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at a Trial Term of said court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of April, 1896, denying the said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

This action is brought to recover against the appellant Gibbons, as indorser of a promissory note. This cáse has been before us on a previous appeal. On the first trial of the action, a verdict was directed in favor of the plaintiff. On appeal, this judgment was reversed, the court holding that, the case should have been submitted to the jury. (2 App. Div. 105.) On the second trial, the cause was submitted to the jury, who found a verdict for the plaintiff. There *140is but little in this case to review. We cannot pass on the questions of fact, because there is no certificate that the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Brown v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Leonard v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901

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