Dean v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William E. Dean, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term, bearing date the 22d day of July, 1897, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial or to correct the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
This action was tried at the Trial Term of the court with a jury. The jury rendered a verdict for §18,000 in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff, and that verdict was duly recorded and the jury discharged. The plaintiff then made a motion for a new trial on the judge’s minutes under section 999 of the Code, which was duly denied and an order entered. Subsequently, upon affidavits of the plaintiff’s attorney and several of the jurors, a motion was made for a new trial, or to reduce the verdict to the sum of $5,654.24, upon the ground that" the jury had made a mistake in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lowenstein v. Lombard Ayres & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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