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Wehrkamp v. Willet

New York Court of Common Pleas

Decided February 15, 1860

New York Court of Common Pleas · decided 1860-02-15

Appbaj. by plaintiff from, an order made by Jitdge Hilton at Special Term, granting a new trial. The action was brought by the plaintiff, who is the wife of William C. Wehrkamp, against the defendant as sheriff, for taking certain personal property, claimed by her to he her separate estate, under a judgment and execution against her husband. The plaintiff was a witness in her own behalf, and the principal one to prove the property to he her separate estate.

Decided 1860-02-15

¶1Br the Court.

Hilton, J.

¶2We think the fact whether the

¶3We plaintiff had money in the savings bank at the time stated by her was material, and the facts shown by the affidavit, if known at the time, might have produced a very material effect on the minds of the jury. She was testifying to her pecuniary ability, and, to fortify her evidence, referred to the fact of her having bought the goods on credit, because she wanted to secure the interest on her money then in the savings hank. This circumstance was a material one tending to strengthen her evidence with the jury, and was denying a fact upon which she founded her statement respecting her ability to purchase and pay for the property in question.

¶4flow far it influenced the jury, of course we cannot say, but it is a material fact in the case, nevvly discovered, and falls within the case cited in the opinion at Special Term.

¶5Order affirmed.

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