Case Name: Mary Mercadante, Resp't, v. Manhattan Railway Company, App'lt
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-12-14
Citations: 64 N.Y. St. Rep. 175
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary Mercadante, Resp’t, v. Manhattan Railway Company, App’lt.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 64
Pages: 175–176

Head Matter:
Mary Mercadante, Resp’t, v. Manhattan Railway Company, App’lt.
(Supreme Court, General Term, First Department,
Filed December 14, 1894.)
Evidence—Declarations.
The owner of premises is not bound by the declarations of his predecessor in title in respect to their value.
Appeal from a judgment, awarding plaintiff past and fee •damages.
R. L. Maynard, for app'lt; C. L. Pashley, for resp’t.

Opinion:
YanBrunt, P.J.
only points which are urged as ground of error in the trial below are questions relating to the admission and exclusion of evidence, and to the failure to compel the plaintiff to elect the theory upon which the action was to be tried. It was sought to prove, upon the question of value, that the former owner of the property had placed the same in the hands of a broker for sale, and had fixed a price which he was willing to take. This evidence was objected to and excluded, and an exception taken. There was clearly no error in this ruling, because the plaintiff was not bound by the declaration of her predecessor in title in respect to the value of the premises of which she was the owner. It is also urged that the court erred in the admission of certain evidence presented by the plaintiff. This was a judgment roll, in an action in which these defendants were not parties, showing the sale of premises on First street in the vicinity of the property in suit. In consequence of the meagerness of the record, it is impossible for us to say whether it was or was not error to admit this testimony. It does not appear under what circumstances this sale took place; whether it was at public auction or by private contract, or whether under the decree of the court or not. It is impossible, therefore, for us to say whether or not it was error to admit this record for the purpose of establishing what was paid for the property then in question.
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.
All concur.