Case Name: Emily Flanagan (Free), an Infant, by Lena Riechers, Her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. Slaughter W. Huff and Robert C. Lee, as Receivers of the Property of the New York and Queens County Railroad Company, etc., Defendants. Hickey Contracting Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-11
Citations: 227 A.D. 814
Docket Number: 
Parties: Emily Flanagan (Free), an Infant, by Lena Riechers, Her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. Slaughter W. Huff and Robert C. Lee, as Receivers of the Property of the New York and Queens County Railroad Company, etc., Defendants. Hickey Contracting Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 227
Pages: 814–814

Head Matter:
Emily Flanagan (Free), an Infant, by Lena Riechers, Her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. Slaughter W. Huff and Robert C. Lee, as Receivers of the Property of the New York and Queens County Railroad Company, etc., Defendants. Hickey Contracting Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. The plaintiff was an infant, and the court erred in granting motion of defendant Hickey Contracting Company to amend its answer so as to plead payment of the ninety dollars in mitigation of damages, under the circumstances of this case. The court further erred in charging the jury that if the amount already paid was a sufficient amount, the verdict should be for said defendant. The verdict of the jury in favor of said defendant was properly set aside. Present — • Lazansky, P. J., Young, Kapper, Hagarty and Carswell, JJ.