Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1959

Samuel Breiter & Co. v. Ward La France Truck Corp.

Samuel Breiter & Co. v. Ward La France Truck Corp.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 18, 1959
19 Misc. 2d 958; 189 N.Y.S.2d 305; 1959 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 3449

Counsel

Joseph Schwartsman and Benedict Ginsberg for appellant., Emanuel Luria for Ward La France Truck Corp., respondent.

Samuel Breiter & Co. v. Ward La France Truck Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

An entry in the records of a defendant showing the amount of a trade-in allowance in a transaction is not admissible, under section 374-a of the Civil Practice Act, as against third persons, to establish the reasonable value of the article traded in.

The judgment should be reversed and a new trial ordered, with $30 costs to appellant to abide the event.

Concur — Steuer, J. P., Hofstadter and Aurelio, JJ.

Judgment reversed, etc.

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