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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

COHEN v. LEWSEN et al.
    (Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
    January 23, 1905.)
    1. Municipal Courts—Jurisdictional Amount.
    Under the express provision of Laws 1902, p. 1487, c. 580, § 1, subd. 1, the Municipal Court of New York City has no jurisdiction of an action on a contract wherein plaintiff’s claim exceeds 8500.
    Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Thirteenth District.
    Action by Abraham B. Cohen against Rodolph M. Lewsen and another. From a judgment for plaintiff for the sum of $532 and costs, defendants appeal. Reversed.
    Argued before SCOTT, MacLEAN, and DAVIS, JJ.
    McBurney & McBurney, for appellants.
    Shafer & Levin, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The pleadings in this case were oral, and the-amount claimed by the plaintiff in his bill of particulars, and the sum. for which he had judgment,- exceeded the limit fixed by section 1, subd. 1, of the Municipal Court Act (Laws 1902, p. 1487, c. 580), and thecouirt below therefore had no jurisidction of the subject-matter of the-action.

Judgment reversed, with costs.