Case Name: Otto C. Kestler, Appellant, v. Angela Goffredi, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1958-02-06
Citations: 11 Misc. 2d 871
Docket Number: 
Parties: Otto C. Kestler, Appellant, v. Angela Goffredi, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 871–872

Head Matter:
Otto C. Kestler, Appellant, v. Angela Goffredi, Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
February 6, 1958.
Emery 1. Nagy and Nathan Gross for appellant.
Richard J. MoAnany and Harry D. Graham for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Plaintiff, by moving for a directed verdict, did not waive his right to have the jury determine issues of fact, notwithstanding that the defendant had also moved for a directed verdict and neither party reserved his right to go to the jury. (Civ. Prac. Act, § 457-a; McTiernan v. City of Little Falls, 284 App. Div. 79; Karlin v. Stuyvesant Press Corp., 146 N. Y. S. 2d 294.)
The judgment and order should be reversed and a new trial ordered, with $30 costs.
Hecht, J. P., Aurelio and Tilzer, JJ., concur.
Judgment and order reversed, etc.