Case Name: LUNESCHLOSS v. ROTHSCHILD
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-12-22
Citations: 119 N.Y.S. 1133
Docket Number: 
Parties: LUNESCHLOSS v. ROTHSCHILD.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 119
Pages: 1133–1133

Head Matter:
LUNESCHLOSS v. ROTHSCHILD.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
December 22, 1909.)
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, First District. Action -by Edgar Luneschloss against Jacob Rothschild. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
Reversed, and new trial ordered.
Daniel F. Cohalan, for appellant.
Weinberg Brothers, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment was clearly against the weight of the evidence. In the letter of May 7, 1907, to the Metropole Construction Company, it is stated that the work was done on the order of Mr. Livingston, not of the defendant, as the witness Smith testified upon the trial. The attempted explanation by this witness as to why such statement was made, and what part Livingston took in the transaction, is not clear, and does not account for the contradiction. The judgment should be reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.