Brown v. Shyne

A judgment is the determination of the rights of the parties to the action. Civ. Prac. Act, § 472. When this judgment stated that it was adjudged that the plaintiff recover of the *852defendant the sum of $2,000 damages, it pronounced the judgment of the court. It was not necessary or proper to go further and declare what the damages were for. Beebe v. Mead, 101 App. Div. 500, 506. It has never been customary to insert in the judgment the theory upon which damages were awarded. The nature of the action is determined from the pleadings, which are a necessary part of the judgment roll, and which…