Wright v. Shepherd
New York County Courts
Appeal from a judgment rendered December 4, 1904, on the verdict of a jury for seventy-three dollars and eighty-five cents recovery and costs against the appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtDevendorf, J.
This judgment cannot be sustained, because errors were committed in the court below which require a reversal. Among such errors is that of an adjourn*455ment granted by the justice, at plaintiff’s request, contrary to the provisions of the Code.
The summons was returnable November fourteenth, at which time the parties appeared and issue was joined and the case by agreement postponed to November twenty-fifth following, at which time the parties again appeared; amended pleadings were filed by consent, and plaintiff asked for a further adjournment, also for a venire; defendant objected to both the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Baird v. HelferAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Moody v. Becker, New York County Courts1901
- Morris v. HaysAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897