Voisin v. Commercial Mutual Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Stevens Voisin, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of September, 1900, setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff and granting the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Dissent
Ingraham, J. (dissenting):
This case has been tried five times. Twice the plaintiff has had a verdict; once the complaint was dismissed; once the defendant had a verdict, and once the jury disagreed. Upon the fifth trial certain specific questions of fact were submitted to the jury and answered in favor of the plaintiff, and there was a general verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed; but upon a motion made on the judge’s minutes the verdict was set aside and "a new trial granted, and the case now comes to us on an appeal from the order entered on that motion.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Voisin v. Providence Washington InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Palmer v. . Great Western Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Voisin v. Commercial Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Kane & Kane v. Commercial InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1811
- Voisin v. Commercial Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1900