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Clarke v. Steeplechase Amusement Co.

9 Misc. 2d 342 Court Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department, Decision date 1957-10-25 English

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Patricia Clarke, an Infant, by Charles G. Clarke, Her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, et al., Plaintiff, v. Steeplechase Amusement Co., Inc., Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
October 25, 1957.
John J. O’Connor and James M. GUleran for appellant.
Louis Wallach and Harry Hartman for respondent.

Unsworn testimony is not admissible in civil actions (Stoppick v. Goldstein, 174 App. Div. 306 ; Napiearlski v. Pickering, 278 App. Div. 456 ). Where it appears probable that the unsworn testimony of an infant was given weight in the determination below, the interests of justice require that such determination be set aside and a new trial ordered.

The judgment should be unanimously reversed on the law, with costs to the defendant to abide the event, and a new trial ordered.

Pette, Hart and Di Giovanna, JJ., concur.

Judgment reversed, etc.

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