Case Name: GINSBURGH v. SOLOMON
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1910-05
Citations: 123 N.Y.S. 246
Docket Number: 
Parties: GINSBURGH v. SOLOMON.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 123
Pages: 246–247

Head Matter:
GINSBURGH v. SOLOMON.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
May, 1910.)
Witnesses (§ 37 )—Means of Knowledge—Age.
A witness is competent to testify as to his own age.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Witnesses, Cent. Dig. §§ 80, 81; Dec. Dig. § 37.*]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Second District.
Action by Samuel Ginsburgh against Max Solomon for goods sold and delivered. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Reversed.
Argued before SEABURY, GUY, and BIJUR, JJ.
Mortimer W. Solomon, for appellant.
Bernard F. Nathan, for respondent.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
BIJUR, J.
The defense was infancy. Defendant's father and brother testified that the defendant was not 20 years of age at the time of the trial. His brother testified to the same effect; both giving dates and details of defendant's birth. Defendant was asked how old he was. The question was objected to, and excluded, and an exception taken by defendant's counsel. This constitutes reversible error. Koester v. Rochester Candy Works, 194 N. Y. 92, 96, 87 N. E. 77, 19 L. R. A. (N. S.) 783.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. All concur.