Hall v. . Andrews
New York Court of Appeals
This action was originally commenced in Justice’s Court to recover a balance of ninety dollars alleged to be due on the sale of a quantity of hay. Defendant, among other things, pleaded in bar a judgment in his favor in Justice’s Court in an action brought by him against plaintiff for failure to perform his contract. The plaintiff obtained judgment. It was appealed to the County Court and a retrial there had.
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This action was originally commenced in Justice’s Court to recover a balance of ninety dollars alleged to be due on the sale of a quantity of hay. Defendant, among other things, pleaded in bar a judgment in his favor in Justice’s Court in an action brought by him against plaintiff for failure to perform his contract. The plaintiff obtained judgment. It was appealed to the County Court and a retrial there had. Before the retrial the judgment in defendant’s favor had been reversed on appeal and he had appealed to the General Term. Held (Reynolds and Dwight, 00., dissenting), that the reversal…
1Opinion of the Court
Lott, Ch. C.,
reads for affirmance. Gray and Earl, 00., concur.
Reynolds, 0., reads for reversal. Dwight, 0., concurs.
Judgment affirmed.
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