Case Name: James Ryan, Appellant, v. Frank L. Hall Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1922-03
Citations: 201 A.D. 875
Docket Number: 
Parties: James Ryan, Appellant, v. Frank L. Hall Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 201
Pages: 875–875

Head Matter:
James Ryan, Appellant, v. Frank L. Hall Company, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event. Held, that it was prejudicial error to exclude the testimony of the witness Catherine Burns, a child ten years of age, in the absence of a preliminary examination of the witness by the presiding justice, to ascertain her capacity and the extent of her knowledge. All concur.
See Code Civ. Proe. § 850; now Civ. Prae. Act, § 365.— [Rep.