Legal Opinion
Merten v. Queen Rental Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 15, 1934PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order of Appellate Term reversing a judgment of the City Court of the City of New York, county of Queens, reversed on the law, with costs, and judgment of the City Court reinstated. The City Court has jurisdiction where several plaintiffs in one complaint each separately states his cause of action based on one and the same tort, and each demands a separate judgment in an amount not exceeding $3,000. Events subsequent to our decision by a closely divided court in Dilworth v. Yellow Taxi Corporation (220 App. Div. 772) warrant an abandonment of the theory therein enunciated and, for the sake of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Spetler v. Jogel Realty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
- Dilworth v. Yellow Taxi Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
- Dobrikin v. Union Railway Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1927
- Sirop v. Bernard Greenwood Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
3Cited by11 opinions
- Baron v. Bobroy, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960
- Navarro v. MartinUnited States District Court · 1944
- Antonietti v. PearsonCity of New York Municipal Court · 1934
- Jordan v. RavitzAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1959
- Mandel v. KentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
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