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Ryan v. Frank L. Hall Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 1, 1922
201 App. Div. 874 (N.Y. App. Div. 1922)

Opinion

March, 1922.


Judgment reversed and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event. Held, that it was prejudicial error to exclude the testimony of the witness Catherine Burns, a child ten years of age, in the absence of a preliminary examination of the witness by the presiding justice, to ascertain her capacity and the extent of her knowledge. All concur.


Summaries of

Ryan v. Frank L. Hall Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 1, 1922
201 App. Div. 874 (N.Y. App. Div. 1922)
Case details for

Ryan v. Frank L. Hall Company

Case Details

Full title:MARY RYAN, by JAMES RYAN, Her Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. FRANK L…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Mar 1, 1922

Citations

201 App. Div. 874 (N.Y. App. Div. 1922)

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