Case Name: The Ætna Life Insurance Co., Appellant, v. Eugene T. Pelham, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1907-01
Citations: 52 Misc. 658
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Ætna Life Insurance Co., Appellant, v. Eugene T. Pelham, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 52
Pages: 658–659

Head Matter:
The Ætna Life Insurance Co., Appellant, v. Eugene T. Pelham, Respondent.
Evidence — Admissions — Scope of admissions and evidence explanatory — Mistake.
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, second district, borough of Manhattan, rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
Winter & Winter, for appellant.
Respondent filing no brief.

Opinion:
Blanchard, J.
The learned trial justice gave judgment for the plaintiff for fifty-one dollars and sixty-five cents upon the assumption, apparently, that the plaintiff was bound by a letter in which it claimed only that sum. But the plaintiff offered some proof tending to shbw that the letter erroneously stated the amount and, accordingly, judgment is reversed.
Gildersleeve and Dayton, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.