Legal Opinion
Central Park-West 84th Street Corp. v. Cusack
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided February 24, 1927PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShientag, J.
The action was commenced by the service of a summons and complaint after January 1, 1927, when the new New York City Court Act (Laws of 1926, chap. 539) took effect. The complaint demands a money judgment for the sum of $3,228.33, with interest. The defendant moves to dismiss upon the ground that the court has no jurisdiction of the subject of the action. The plaintiff makes a cross-motion to amend his complaint, so as to reduce the demand for judgment to the sum of $3,000, exclusive of interest. Under the former New York City Court Act, the court had jurisdiction of an action wherein the…
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