Case Name: ORTNER, Respondent, v. TOWN OF DARIEN, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1911-07-11
Citations: 130 N.Y.S. 1123
Docket Number: 
Parties: ORTNER, Respondent, v. TOWN OF DARIEN, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 130
Pages: 1123–1123

Head Matter:
ORTNER, Respondent, v. TOWN OF DARIEN, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
July 11, 1911.)
Action by Mary Ortner against the Town of Darien.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order reversed, and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event. Held: First. That the testimony of defendant's witnesses, Drs. Johnson and Morse, in reference to their examination of plaintiff's physical condition with and in the presence of plaintiff's physician, Dr. Hummel, was competent, and its exclusion presents reversible error. See Capron v. Douglass, 193 N. Y. 11, 85 N. E. 827, 20 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1003. Second. That the holding of the trial court as matter of law that plaintiff, within the period required by statute, presented to the supervisor of defendant a verified statement of her claim against the town, was erroneous.