Case Name: MARION, Respondent, v. TOWN OF NEWFIELD, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-05-18
Citations: 28 N.Y.S. 1122
Docket Number: 
Parties: MARION, Respondent, v. TOWN OF NEWFIELD, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 28
Pages: 1122–1122

Head Matter:
MARION, Respondent, v. TOWN OF NEWFIELD, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, General Term, Fourth Department.
May 18, 1894.)
Action by Ezra Marion against the town of Newfield.
Argued before HARDIN, P. J., and MARTIN and MERWIN, JJ.

Opinion:
No opinion. Judgment and order reversed on the exceptions, and a new trial ordered, with costs to abide the event. Held, that the opinion of the witness as to the "safe life of a wooden bridge" was improperly received. See Harley v. Manufacturing Co., 142 N. Y. 31, 36 N. E. 813, and cases cited.