Spiess v. Linde
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Brooklyn, Second District. Action by Charles II. Spiess against Joseph Linde. Prom a judgment for-plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1DissentBenedict, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered on April 29, 1916, for $408.30, with $3 costs and disbursements, and $30 allowance; total, $441.30. This action was decided by the Municipal Court on its merits—perhaps to denominate them “demerits” would ■be more nearly accurate—and I should not be inclined to disturb that court’s findings, were it not that I think the court failed to give sufficient weight to certain facts appearing in the record, affecting one portion of the plaintiff’s claim.
The action arose out of that form of gambling which consists in staking money on…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cahill v. GilmanNew York Supreme Court · 1914