Case Name: EMPIRE STATE GARAGE v. CARROLL
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-12-22
Citations: 120 N.Y.S. 41
Docket Number: 
Parties: EMPIRE STATE GARAGE v. CARROLL.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 120
Pages: 41–41

Head Matter:
EMPIRE STATE GARAGE v. CARROLL.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
December 22, 1909.)
Courts (§ 189 )—Municipal Courts—Pleading and Proof.
Under a general denial to an oral complaint in Municipal Court for storage of an automobile, defendant may not prove the loss or value of a .spare tire attached to the car, which loss occurred while the car was in storage.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Courts, Dec. Dig. § 189. ]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Fifth District.
Action by the Empire State Garage against John Pratt Carroll. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Reversed, and new trial ordered.
Argued before GIEGERICH, GOFF, and LEHMAN, JJ.
H. & H. S. Mendelsohn (Herman S. Mendelsohn, of counsel), for appellant.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The pleadings were oral. The complaint was for "storage, work, labor, and services and materials furnished." The answer was a general denial. The storage pleaded referred to storage of an automobile. Upon the trial the defendant was allowed, against the plaintiff's objection that it was not pleaded, to prove the loss and value of a spare tire attached to the side of his car, which loss he claimed occurred while the car was in the plaintiff's care in the garage. The admission of such evidence was clearly erroneous.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.