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Starr v. Silverman

Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jan 1, 1899
25 Misc. 784 (N.Y. App. Term 1899)

Opinion

January, 1899.

George H. Epstein, for appellant.

Jacob Rieger, for respondents.


The irregularity of this appeal becomes apparent from the defective wording of the appellant's notice, which, quoted literally, states that it is "from the decision of George F. Roesch, Esq., Justice of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, fourth district, denying defendant's motion made herein on the 28th day of April, 1898, to dismiss plaintiffs' complaint herein; for a direction of a verdict herein in favor of the defendant; and for a judgment for defendant on his counterclaim herein; and for a direction of a verdict for the defendant on his said counterclaim, to go to the jury on his defense herein."

The right of appeal to this court from a determination of the Municipal Court of the city of New York is a purely statutory one. Schwartz v. Schendel, 23 Misc. 476. And, as expressly declared in Adolph v. Klein, 23 id. 701, such appeals are limited to judgments and to such orders as are, in terms, made appealable under some specific provision of the statute.

No reference has been made by appellant to any statutory provision, nor have we, after industrious effort, been able to discover any from which even the remotest semblance of authority could be spelled out in support of an appeal so unique as the one here sought to be urged. Hence this court is without jurisdiction in the premises and powerless to entertain the appeal. The appeal must, therefore, be dismissed, with costs.

Present: BEEKMAN, P.J., GILDERSLEEVE and GIEGERICH, JJ.

Appeal dismissed, with costs.


Summaries of

Starr v. Silverman

Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jan 1, 1899
25 Misc. 784 (N.Y. App. Term 1899)
Case details for

Starr v. Silverman

Case Details

Full title:ROBERT STARR et al., Respondents v . HARRIS SILVERMAN, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Term

Date published: Jan 1, 1899

Citations

25 Misc. 784 (N.Y. App. Term 1899)

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