Siegel v. Corvan Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Eva Siegel, 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 26th day of April, 1913, transferring the above-entitled cause from the City Court of New York to the Supreme Court, in so far as said order directs that the case be placed upon the proper calendar of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action was commenced in the City Court on the 27th day of November, 1911, to recover the sum of $5,000 for personal injuries. It was tried in the City Court, and on the 30th of January, 1913, a verdict was rendered therein in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $5,000. The entry of judgment was deferred, evidently on account of the decision in Lewkowicz v. Queen Aeroplane Co. (154 App. Div. 142; affd., 207 N. Y. 290), by which it was held that the City Court was without jurisdiction to enter a judgment for more than $2,000 and that the Legislature could not confer…
2Cases cited3 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
- Ralli v. PearsallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- Margies v. Clyde Steamship Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914