Case Name: Morris Meyer, Respondent, v. William J. Riordan, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1900-06
Citations: 32 Misc. 707
Docket Number: 
Parties: Morris Meyer, Respondent, v. William J. Riordan, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 32
Pages: 707–707

Head Matter:
Morris Meyer, Respondent, v. William J. Riordan, Appellant.
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the City Court of the city of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict.
Uriah. W. Tompkins, for appellant.
Manheim & Manheim, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
An exception taken to an instruction is made the basis of this appeal.
The exception was duly taken and suffices to raise the question presented.
The vital issue was as to an employment; upon it the evidence was conflicting and very close. In answer to an inquiry made by the jury after it had retired, the court misinformed it as to the evidence, and as it cannot'he said that the misinformation did not prejudice the defendant, the judgment is reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.
Present: Truax, P. J., Scott and Dugro, JJ.
Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.