Block v. Ticker

The procedure in this case is most peculiar. The foreclosure action duly came on for trial, and at the opening of the trial the plaintiffs made a motion for judgment on the pleadings upon the ground that the facts alleged in the answer did not constitute a defense. The learned trial judge granted the motion. We get this information from the “ order ” appealed from. There are no minutes of the trial, no findings of fact or conclusions of law and no reason given for the decision made. Then an appeal is taken from this “ order ” made in the course of the trial, which is simply a ruling of the…