Case Name: Saul Gubernick, Respondent, v. Angelo Uliano and Wall Street Laundry, Inc., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-06-07
Citations: 251 A.D. 826
Docket Number: 
Parties: Saul Gubernick, Respondent, v. Angelo Uliano and Wall Street Laundry, Inc., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 826–826

Head Matter:
Saul Gubernick, Respondent, v. Angelo Uliano and Wall Street Laundry, Inc., Appellants.

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for malicious prosecution, judgment in favor of plaintiff reversed on the law and a new trial granted, costs to appellants to abide the event. It was error to instruct the jury on the matter appearing in folios 352 to 354 of the record on appeal; and the modification thereof did not cure the error. It was error to charge the jury as a matter of law that the criminal prosecution ended in favor of the plaintiff. This is a question of fact that should not have been excluded from the jury's consideration. (Petersen v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 245 App. Div. 825; Halberstadt v. New York Life Ins. Co., 194 N. Y. 1, 10, 11.) Although no exception was taken to this erroneous instruction, we direct attention to it inasmuch as we are granting a new trial on another ground. Hagarty, Davis, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur.