Barber v. Barber
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Arthur William Barber, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 7th day of August, 1914, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Westchester Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Jerks, P. J.:
The parties upon the witness stand give such different versions of the acts charged that the physical violence of the defendant was either in offense or in defense (save in one incident), and the injuries received by the plaintiff were designed or accidental, as one or the other tells the whole truth. The learned Special Term described the defendant as of more than ordinary ability, energy and industry, precise, methodical and masterful, characteristics which do not bear as directly upon the accuracy of testimony as do those of the woman, who is described as emotional and…
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