Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1913

Smolowitz v. Orbach

Smolowitz v. Orbach
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 8, 1913
141 N.Y.S. 527 (New York Supplement)

Counsel

Charles W. Gould, of New York City, for appellant., L. E. Schlecter, of New York City, for respondent.

Smolowitz v. Orbach

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Action for false representations alleged to have been made to plaintiff -by defendant. A witness, over the exception and objection of defendant, was allowed to testify as to false representations made to him by defendant on a previous occasion, and in order to induce him (the witness) to enter the partnership. This was harmful error, for which the judgment must be reversed.

Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.

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