Legal Opinion

Carlisle v. Norris

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

Decided June 6, 1913Published

Appeal by the defendants, Alfred L. Norris and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 24th day of June, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for $17,541.25, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day' of June, 1911, denying the defendants motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Burr, J.:

When this case was before this court on a previous appeal, we decided upon the record then presented that the question of defendants’ responsibility for the acts of George H. Brouwer, a person in their employ, was one of fact for the jury, as was ■ also the sufficiency of an account stated between defendants and plaintiff. (Carlisle v. Norris, 144 App. Div. 690.) Upon the retrial of the action both questions were submitted to the jury, and from a judgment entered upon a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, this appeal comes.

Upon the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Caswell v. . PutnamNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  2. Douglas v. CarpenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
  3. Nassau Bank v. . Nat. Bank of NewburghNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
  4. Strickland v. . MagounNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  5. Carlisle v. NorrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911

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