Legal Opinion

Hartmann v. Hoffman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1902PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Reargument of an appeal by the plaintiff, Joseph Hartmann, from a judgment of the County Court of Nassau county in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 6th day of April, 1901, upon an order of said County Court entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of April, 1901, affirming a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace.

1Opinion of the Court

Goodrich, P. J.:

The reargument of this appeal raises the question of the power of this court on appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Nassau county affirming a judgment of a Justice’s Court for the defendant. On the former argument we reversed the judgment of the County Court and granted a new trial, with costs to abide the event, without specifying whether such trial should be before the justice who tried the action or before some other justice. (65 App. Div. 443.) The notice of appeal from the Justice’s Court to the County Court was simply an appeal on the record, as there was no…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Southwick v. . SouthwickNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  2. Hartmann v. HoffmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Liedtke v. MeyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
  2. King Paint Co. v. Lang, New York County Courts1913
  3. Stevens v. SmithNew York County Court, Cayuga County · 1907

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