Judgment unanimously modified, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 2 of section 584 of the Civil Practice Act, by reducing the award to plaintiff to $5,000, and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs.
We find that the judgment entered herein by the court below sitting without a jury is sustained by the record, except for the damages awarded, which are excessive. It may well be that had the city called witnesses — who were in court — to...
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