Case Name: Joseph Warshow and Rose Levy, as Trustees for Donald Levy, under the Last Will and Testament of Henry Warshow, Deceased, Respondents, v. Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Appellant, and Others, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-01-21
Citations: 253 A.D. 839
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Warshow and Rose Levy, as Trustees for Donald Levy, under the Last Will and Testament of Henry Warshow, Deceased, Respondents, v. Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Appellant, and Others, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 253
Pages: 839–840

Head Matter:
Joseph Warshow and Rose Levy, as Trustees for Donald Levy, under the Last Will and Testament of Henry Warshow, Deceased, Respondents, v. Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Appellant, and Others, Defendants.

Opinion:
In an action to recover the purchase price of a guaranteed mortgage certificate plaintiffs claim the sale was induced by false representations and that after discovery thereof they rescinded the purchase and tendered the certificate to the appealing defend ant. The issue as to fraud was disputed by the appealing defendant. At the end of the entire ease both sides moved for the direction of a verdict. The appealing defendant's motion was denied; and that of plaintiffs granted. Immediately thereafter and before the verdict had been rendered, appellant's counsel attempted to withdraw his motion and requested that the case be submitted to the jury. The trial justice declined to grant such withdrawal. Judgment reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. It was error to refuse to grant the request to submit the questions of fact to the jury. (Kinner v. Whipple, 198 N. Y. 585, revg. 128 App. Div. 736, on dissenting opinion below; Brown Paint Co. v. Reinhardt, 210 N. Y. 162; Washington Finance Corp. v. Samuels, 224 App. Div. 672; 4 Carmody, N. Y. Prac. § 1360, pp. 3146, 3147.) There were errors in exclusion of evidence, which very likely will not occur on a new trial. Hagarty, Carswell, Davis, Johnston and Taylor, JJ., concur.