Legal Opinion

Pettis v. Schwartz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 11, 1910PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by the plaintiff, Ellis Pettis, from an interlocutory judg ment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of November, 1909, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, overruling the plaintiff’s demurrer to the counterclaim contained in the answer.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

The questions presented by this appeal are the same as those presented in the case of Adams v. Schwartz (137 App. Div. 230), argued and decided herewith. The plaintiff in- this action was also a bill-poster, and claims to have been arrested and maliciously prosecuted at the same time and place and under like circumstances, and the defendant likewise counterclaimed against him for trespass..

On the authority of the opinion in the other action the interlocutory judgment should be reversed, with costs, and demurrer sustained, with costs, but with leave to defendant to serve an amended…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Adams v. SchwartzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pettis v. SchwartzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API