Case Name: Louis Klinger, by Anna Klinger, his Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Herman Markowitz, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1900
Citations: 54 A.D. 299
Docket Number: 
Parties: Louis Klinger, by Anna Klinger, his Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Herman Markowitz, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 54
Pages: 299–302

Head Matter:
Louis Klinger, by Anna Klinger, his Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Herman Markowitz, Respondent.
New trial granted where perjury has leen committed.
Where the defendant in an action, which was tried before a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, submits the affidavits of twenty-seven witnesses showing conclusively that an apparently disinterested witness sworn on behalf of the plaintiff committed, with the knowledge of the plaintiff, willful perjury concerning a disputed question of fact, a new trial should be granted. Van Brunt, P. J., and In&raham, J., dissented.
Appeal by the plaintiff, Louis Klinger, by Anna Klinger, his guardian ad litem, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 27th day of June, 1900, setting aside a verdict theretofore rendered in favor of the plaintiff, upon the ground that one of the plaintiff’s witnesses committed perjury upon the trial, and ordering a new trial.
Joseph Wilkenfeld, for the appellant.
Max Altmayer, for the respondent.

Opinion:
O'Brien, J.:
For the reasons stated in the opinion of the court below, the order appealed from should be affirmed, with costs.
Patterson and Hatch, JJ., concurred; Van Brunt, P. J., and Ingraham, J., dissented.