Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1901

Donahue v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.

Donahue v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 22, 1901
68 N.Y.S. 1137 (New York Supplement)
Donahue v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Judgment and order affirmed, with costs. Held, that evidence tending to show the pecuniary circumstances of the next of kin at the time of the death of the plaintiff’s intestate is competent (see. Fowler v. Furnace Co., 41 App. Div. 84, 58 N. Y. Supp. 223, and cases cited); but, considering the amount of the verdict, the nature of the questions propounded, and all the circumstances, we think no reversible error was committed by the learned trial justice in excluding the evidence offered upon the subject. We have also considered the other questions discussed upon appellant’s brief, and find no reversible error therein.

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