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Stutsman v. Black

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Apr 1, 1935
244 App. Div. 764 (N.Y. App. Div. 1935)

Opinion

April, 1935.

Present — Sears, P.J., Edgcomb, Thompson, Crosby and Lewis, JJ.


Judgment reversed on the law and the facts and new trial granted, with costs to the appellants to abide the event. Memorandum. The evidence of the infant plaintiff, given without being sworn, should not have been received and as this evidence is the principal, if not the only, basis for recovery, the judgment must be reversed and a new trial granted. (See Stoppick v. Goldstein, 174 App. Div. 306.) All concur. (The judgment was for damages in an automobile negligence action.)


Summaries of

Stutsman v. Black

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Apr 1, 1935
244 App. Div. 764 (N.Y. App. Div. 1935)
Case details for

Stutsman v. Black

Case Details

Full title:CHESTER STUTSMAN, JR., an Infant, by CHESTER STUTSMAN, His Guardian ad…

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

Date published: Apr 1, 1935

Citations

244 App. Div. 764 (N.Y. App. Div. 1935)

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