¶ Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.
¶ There was an abundance of evidence from which a jury could find that plaintiff willfully participated in the burning of her dwelling. However, we are constrained to order a new trial based upon a substantial error in the trial court's charge (see Yandian v Merlis,
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