Village of Port Jervis v. Barrett Bridge Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal . from an order of the county court of Orange county denying a motion to dismiss an appeal, and from a judgment of that court reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff rendered in an action tried before the police justice of the village of Port Jervis.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
The recorder of the village of Port Jervis is, for the purposes of civil trials within the village, a justice of the peace of the town of Benpark. Chap. 370, Laws of 1873. People ex rel., etc., v. Dorgan, 76 N. Y., 47. The appeal from the judgment, as if rendered by a justice of the peace, was proper.
The motion to dismiss the appeal because a writ of certiorari was not obtained to review the judgment, was properly denied.
Upon the merits the case is not plain. It was probably plain enough to the trial court, but without a map and without a knowledge of the locality, it is not certain that the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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