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Snowden v. Town of Somerset

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 1, 1903
88 App. Div. 620 (N.Y. App. Div. 1903)

Opinion

November Term, 1903.


Judgment and order reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide event, upon questions of law only, the facts having been examined and no error found therein. Held, that it was incompetent to allow the plaintiff's witness Sprague to testify to declarations made to him by the plaintiff long after the accident, in regard to the manner in which she attempted to get out of the wagon and received her injuries. Also, held, that it was error for the trial justice to charge the jury, in effect, that it was a matter of very little importance for them to determine just what plaintiff's injury was or what the precise nature of the latter was. All concurred, except McLennan, P.J., and Spring, J., who dissented upon the ground that the errors were not of sufficient importance to require the granting of a new trial.


Summaries of

Snowden v. Town of Somerset

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Nov 1, 1903
88 App. Div. 620 (N.Y. App. Div. 1903)
Case details for

Snowden v. Town of Somerset

Case Details

Full title:Sarah J. Snowden, Respondent, v. The Town of Somerset, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Nov 1, 1903

Citations

88 App. Div. 620 (N.Y. App. Div. 1903)