Case Name: Robert S. Stantial, Respondent, v. The Union Railway Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1906-12
Citations: 52 Misc. 653
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert S. Stantial, Respondent, v. The Union Railway Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 653–653

Head Matter:
Robert S. Stantial, Respondent, v. The Union Railway Company, Appellant.
Appeal — Decision — Grounds of reversal — Erroneous instructions.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, second district, borough of The Bronx.
William E. Weaver, for appellant.
Maurice J. McCarthy, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The instructions given by the trial justice in stating the rule of damage were clearly erroneous (Schmidt v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co., 97 N. Y. Supp. 330), were excepted to at the close of the charge, were not modified or withdrawn but were practically repeated and emphasized. Of course we are unable to determine whether defendant was prejudiced or not thereby, but it may well have been. It was its legal right to have the rule correctly stated and judgment founded upon improper instructions, duly excepted to, cannot be upheld.
Present: Gildersleeve, Fitzgerald and Davis, JJ.
Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.