O'Connor v. City of New York
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from judgments of the City Court of the city of New York in favor of the plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtDowling, J.
The sole question involved in this appeal is whether the City Court of New York has jurisdiction over actions wherein the city of New York is a party defendant. In considering the question.of the present jurisdiction of the City Court, it is necessary to review the history of the various legislative acts conferring jurisdiction upon that court. The City Court of the city of New York is not a constitutional court, being nowhere referred to in the State Constitution, and the Legislature has been expressly empowered by the Constitution to create inferior local courts of civil and criminal…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Pumpyansky v. . KeatingNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Curtin v. . BartonNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Callahan v. . Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
3Cited by10 opinions
- Gaines v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Roth v. Northern Assurance Co. Ltd.Illinois Supreme Court · 1964
- Burns v. Peoples Telephone & Telegraph Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1930
- Hoke v. Motel 6 JacksonWyoming Supreme Court · 2006
- O'Connor v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
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