Brown v. Moran
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from an order of the general term of the marine court, affirming a judgment rendered at the trial term thereof by Mr. justice McAdam.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, J.
— The claim made upon the argument of this appeal, that it was error for the judge to refuse to postpone the trial, even if his ruling could be reviewed in this court, is not well founded. The motion to postpone was addressed to the sound discretion of the court below, and although the discretion of the judge at the trial term might be reviewed by the general term of that court, this court cannot review the discretion of the general term of the marine court. Even if such discretion could be reviewed, we see no reason *350for reversing their action. The trial of the canse had been postponed on…
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