Case Name: Elsa WITTGREN, as administratrix, etc., of Nies Bernhard Wittgren, deceased, respondent, v. WELLS BROTHERS COMPANY OF NEW YORK, appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-12-17
Citations: 156 N.Y.S. 1151
Docket Number: 
Parties: Elsa WITTGREN, as administratrix, etc., of Nies Bernhard Wittgren, deceased, respondent, v. WELLS BROTHERS COMPANY OF NEW YORK, appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 156
Pages: 1151–1151

Head Matter:
Elsa WITTGREN, as administratrix, etc., of Nies Bernhard Wittgren, deceased, respondent, v. WELLS BROTHERS COMPANY OF NEW YORK, appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
December 17, 1915.)

Opinion:
Judgment and order reversed, and new trial granted, costs to abide the event, solely upon the ground that the verdict is for excessive damages, unless the plaintiff stipulate within 20 days that the verdict be reduced to the sum of $12,500, in which event the judgment as so modified, and the order, are unanimously affirmed without costs. Jenks, P. J., and Carr, Stapleton, Mills, and Rich, JJ., concur.