Case Name: KOHL v. METROPOLITAN ST. RY. CO.
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1900-10-29
Citations: 66 N.Y.S. 482
Docket Number: 
Parties: KOHL v. METROPOLITAN ST. RY. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 66
Pages: 482–483

Head Matter:
KOHL v. METROPOLITAN ST. RY. CO.
(City Court of New York,
General Term.
October 29, 1900.)
Trials—Dismissal of Complaint.
Where evidence for plaintiff is sufficient to entitle him to a verdict, if it is not contradicted, it is error to dismiss the complaint.
Appeal from trial term.
Action by A. Joseph Kohl against the Metropolitan Street-Railway Company. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, the plaintiff appeals.
Reversed.
Argued before FITZSIMOKS, C. J., and COKLAK, J.
G. Washbourne Smith, for appellant.
Henry A. Eobinson, for respondent.

Opinion:
FITZSBIONS, C. J.
The testimony of plaintiff, if not contradicted by defendant, would have entitled and justified the jury in rendering a verdict against defendant. It was error, therefore, to dismiss the complaint.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.
COULAN, J., concurs.