Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1915

Toole v. City of Syracuse

Toole v. City of Syracuse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 15, 1915
169 A.D. 911; 153 N.Y.S. 1147
Toole v. City of Syracuse

Opinion of the Court

Judgment and order reversed and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event. ' Held, that the evidence of the witness Schwartz to the effect that he had never heard of and had no knowledge of any person’s receiving material injuries because of stumbling or tripping over an engineer’s grade . stake, was improperly received; and that its reception over plaintiff’s objection and exception, under the circumstances of this case, presents reversible error. All concurred.

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