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Tropp v. Equitable Life Assu. Socy. of U.S.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Nov 9, 1943
180 Misc. 1072 (N.Y. App. Term 1943)

Opinion

November 9, 1943.

Appeal from the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, McNULTY, J.

Eugene Z. DuBose for appellant.

William Rosmarin for respondent.


MEMORANDUM


In failing to correct his erroneous charge without qualification or condition, the trial court committed reversible error. ( Meyer v. Clark, 45 N.Y. 285; Orendorf v. New York Central H.R.R.R. Co., 119 A.D. 638.)

Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with thirty dollars costs to appellant to abide the event.

SCHMUCK, McLAUGHLIN and HECHT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Tropp v. Equitable Life Assu. Socy. of U.S.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department
Nov 9, 1943
180 Misc. 1072 (N.Y. App. Term 1943)
Case details for

Tropp v. Equitable Life Assu. Socy. of U.S.

Case Details

Full title:PAUL TROPP, Respondent, v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department

Date published: Nov 9, 1943

Citations

180 Misc. 1072 (N.Y. App. Term 1943)
46 N.Y.S.2d 729

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