Case Name: Henry Schmitz, Respondent, v. Emil Stahl, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1899-02
Citations: 26 Misc. 788
Docket Number: 
Parties: Henry Schmitz, Respondent, v. Emil Stahl, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 26
Pages: 788–789

Head Matter:
Henry Schmitz, Respondent, v. Emil Stahl, Appellant.
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, second district, for the sum of $153.75 damages, and $17.50 costs.
The action was brought to recover for the making of fifteen galvanized boilers at an agreed price of $10.25 each, and delivered to defendant.
The answer admits that the plaintiff did sell the boilers to the defendant, but alleges that they were defective, not according to the order given, could not be used for the purpose for which they were ordered, and claims damages in the sum of $500.
Seaman Miller, for appellant.
Denman & Denman, for respondent.

Opinion:
Freedman, P. J.
The testimony in the case is very voluminous and we have given it careful examination. There is a sharp conflict of testimony upon all the main questions involved, which makes them questions of fact for the trial court to pass upon.
" The decision of a District Court justice rendered upon conflicting evidence, will not bo disturbed in the absence of proof of partiality, prejudice or bias." Conklin v. Thompson, 29 Barb. 218; Fuerst v. Jacobson, 9 Misc. Rep. 694; 29 N. Y. Supp. 54; or it is clear that injustice has been done. Mitchell Vance Co. v. Daiker, 46 N. Y. St. Repr. 189; or unless the evidence • be of such a convincing character as to lead to the conclusion that the justice has neglected, through mistake, to deliberate upon the whole testimony. May v. Meierdierck, 42 N. Y. St. Repr. 469. Rothing of the ldnd appears in this case. Considerable stress is laid by the appellant upon the exclusion of testimony, by the trial judge, tending to show that the boilers in question leaked and were defective, because of faulty construction and defective material. The testimony offered upon that point would have been competent had it been shown by the testimony in the case that the boilers were in the same condition when they were examined by the expert witness as they were at the time they were delivered to the defendant. Ro such testimony appears in the record, nor does it appear that any such testimony was offered. In the absence of such testimony it was not reversible error to exclude the testimony referred to.
MacLean and Leventritt, JJ., concur.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.