Lawrence v. Samuels
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiff from affirmance by the General Term of the City Court of an order made at Special Term, denying a motion to vacate an order for the physical and oral examination of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The .action was to recover damages for personal injuries of a permanent character alleged to have been sustained, July 9, 1895, by falling down the rear stairway of a tenement-house owned by the defendant, charged to have been kept by bim in an unsafe and dangerous condition.
Upon an affidavit, made by the defendant, showing the facts required to be stated by sections 872 and 873 of the Code, he obtained an order for the examination of the plaintiff as a witness before trial, and directing that she submit to a physical examination by a physician designated therein. The plaintiff thereafter…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Lyon v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lawrence v. SamuelsAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1897