Margies v. Clyde Steamship Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Clyde Steamship Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of October, 1914, granting plaintiff’s motion to remove the action from the City Court of the City of New York to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action to recover $5,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. It was commenced in the City Court before chapter 569 of the Laws of 1911 (amdg." Code Civ. Proc. §§ 315, 316), which purported to increase the jurisdiction of that court to $5,000, had been declared unconstitutional and void (See Lewkowicz v. Queen Aeroplane Co., 154 App. Div. 142; affd., 207 N. Y. 290); but the action was tried in the City Court on February 21, 1913, which was after the decision. The trial court confined the recovery to $2,000 and the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lewkowicz v. . Queen Aeroplane Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Lewkowicz v. Queen Aeroplane Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Margies v. Clyde Steamship Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Siegel v. Corvan Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Taylor v. GoodrichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954