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Civil Procedure · MBE-tested
Edward Spencer Hall, Respondent, v. Herter Brothers, Appellant
157 N.Y. 694·New York Court of Appeals·1898·NY
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Opinion
Edward Spencer Hall, Respondent, v. Herter Brothers, Appellant.
Sail v. Eerier Brothers, 90 Hun, 280, affirmed.
(Argued October 18, 1898;
decided November 22, 1898.)
Appeal from a judgment of the late General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 25, 1895, upon an order affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and an order denying a motion for a new trial.
Julius H. Seymour for appellant.
O. N. Bovee, Jr., for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur, except Parker, Ch. J., not sitting.