Pinder v. Stoothoff
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment. This action was brought by William Finder, Jr.,, plaintiff and appellant, against Eliza Stoothoff, defendant and respondent. The action was brought in the city court of Brooklyn.. Plaintiff claimed ten thousand dollars damages for harboring and enticing his wile. The jury gave him a verdict for six cen's damages.
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Appeal from a judgment. This action was brought by William Finder, Jr.,, plaintiff and appellant, against Eliza Stoothoff, defendant and respondent. The action was brought in the city court of Brooklyn.. Plaintiff claimed ten thousand dollars damages for harboring and enticing his wile. The jury gave him a verdict for six cen's damages. The clerk denied the plaintiff’s application for costs, and adjusted the defendant’s costs at eighty-four dollars and ninety cents; and on motion of defendant’s attorney the city judge allowed the .defendant two hundred dollars as an additional allowance to…
1Opinion of the CourtJ. F. Barnard, J.
By section 53, subdivision 3, of the Code of Procedure, civil jurisdiction was given to justices of the peace of this action, if the damages claimed had not exceeded two hundred dollars. The plaintiff claimed ten thousand dollars damages, and *438brought his action therefor in the city court of Brooklyn. The recovery was for six cents.
By section 54 of the Code, it is provided that justices of the peace shall not have cognizance of certain actions. This action is not among those named in that section. Justices of the peace thus have given them cognizance of this action, but no jurisdiction to try…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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