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General
Hecter De Castro, Appellant, v. Compagnie Francaise du Télégraphe de Paris à New York, Respondent
155 N.Y. 688·New York Court of Appeals·1898·NY
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Opinion
Hecter De Castro, Appellant, v. Compagnie Francaise du Télégraphe de Paris à New York, Respondent.
De Oastro y. Oompagnie Erancaise, 85 I-Iun, 381, affirmed.
(Argued March 21, 1898;
decided April 19, 1898.)
Appeal from a judgmenc of the late General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 6, 1895, upon an order overruling plaintiff’s exceptions, ordered to be heard in the first instance at General Term, and directing a judgment for defendant upon a verdict directed by the court.
Eugene G. Kremer for appellant.
Edwa/rd K Jones for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur, except Paekeb, Oh. J., not sitting.