New York Court of Appeals March 4, 1884 (Bowles v. . Habermann)

Earl, J.

The plaintiff sued the defendant in an action of tort, and recovered a verdict upon which judgment was entered. The defendant appealed to .the General Term, where the judgment was affirmed, and he then appealed to this court. After the appeal to this court the plaintiff was convicted of a felony, and sentenced to imprisonment in the Kings county penitentiary for the term of ten years.