Case Name: JONES v. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS R. CO.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1906-06-28
Citations: 99 N.Y.S. 812
Docket Number: 
Parties: JONES v. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS R. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 99
Pages: 812–813

Head Matter:
JONES v. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS R. CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
June 28, 1906.)
Appeal—Reversal—Excessive Recovery. '
A judgment for damages to personal property will be reversed where there is no evidence of plaintiff’s ownership of all the property for which damages was allowed.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 3, Cent. Dig. Appeal and Error, §§ 4546-4552.]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Eourth District.
Action by Lena R.' Jqnes against the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Reversed.
Argued before GILDERSLEEVE, LEVENTRITT, and McCALL, JJ.
George D. Yeomans, for appellant.
S. H. Kugel, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
While there is some evidence tending to show that the plaintiff is the owner of the wagon claimed to have been injured, there is no testimony whatever as to the ownership of the horse and the other personal property for damages to which the plaintiff recovered the judgment herein.
Judgment reversed, and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event.