Case Name: Fred B. Wright, Appellant, v. John W. Lockie and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1924-05
Citations: 209 A.D. 849
Docket Number: 
Parties: Fred B. Wright, Appellant, v. John W. Lockie and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 209
Pages: 849–849

Head Matter:
Fred B. Wright, Appellant, v. John W. Lockie and Others, Respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed on the law and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event, on the ground that the refusal of the. court to charge the jury as requested, that they had the right to infer from the failure of Maxwell LocMe to take the witness stand, that his testimony would be unfavorable to his own defense and to the defense of John Lockie, was prejudicial error. (Hayden v. New York Railways Co., 233 N. Y. 34; Longacre v. Yonkers R. R. Co., 236 id. 119.) All concur; Hubbs, P. J., not sitting.