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Joseph Bell, Respondent, v. Henry Harrison, Appellant, 1876 — 66 N.Y. 627 · caselaw · US
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Joseph Bell, Respondent, v. Henry Harrison, Appellant
66 N.Y. 627·New York Court of Appeals·1876·NY
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Opinion
Joseph Bell, Respondent, v. Henry Harrison, Appellant.
(Submitted April 28, 1876;
decided May 30, 1876.)
The judgment in this case was reversed for error in receiving evidence of the acts and declarations of a third person whom the court held not to be the agent of defendant or authorized to speak for him.
Britton, Ely da Snell for the appellant.
A. H. <& W. jK Osborne for the respondent.
[MAJORITY — Allen, J.,]
Allen, J.,
reads for reversal and new trial.
All concur.
Judgment reversed.