Lewkowicz v. Queen Aeroplane Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment entered upon a verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, and also from an order denying defendant’s motion to reduce the amount of the judgment entered in this action from $4,316.32 to $2,178.82.
1Dissent
Page, J. (dissenting).
The action was brought to recover damages for breach of a written contract of employment. *166Judgment was demanded for the sum of $5,000. Upon the trial of the issues raised by the pleadings, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $4,237.50, and judgment was entered for the sum of $4,316.32. The defendant thereupon moved to reduce the judgment to $2,-078.82 upon the ground that chapter 569 of the Laws of 1911, increasing the limit of the amount for which judgment in that court can be recovered from two thousand to five thousand, contravenes…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Worthington v. London Guarantee & Accident Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Heffron v. JenningsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Irwin v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- O'Connor v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- O'Connor v. City of New YorkAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1906
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