Hinds v. Fishkill & Matteawan Equitable Gas Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Thomas Hinds, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 27th day of February, 1904, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action:
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
This action, being at issue by the answers of the various defendants, came on for trial at Special Term, whereupon counsel for the defendants moved to dismiss the complaint upon the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The court granted this motion and dismissed the complaint, filing a decision which recited that the complaint was dismissed upon the ground that the complaint did not state any cause of action against these defendants.
The question upon this appeal must be treated as though it were presented upon a demurrer based upon the…
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