Case Name: Henry Ahr, Respondent, v. Joel M. Marx, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1899-11
Citations: 44 A.D. 391
Docket Number: 
Parties: Henry Ahr, Respondent, v. Joel M. Marx, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 391–392

Head Matter:
Henry Ahr, Respondent, v. Joel M. Marx, Appellant.
Complaint on a note — it need not allege that a default at its maturity continued until the action thereon was commenced.
A complaint in an action upon a promissory note, which alleges that at its maturity payment thereof was demanded and refused, need not further aV8i‘ • that the refusal continued down to the commencement of the action, and a demurrer interposed to it upon that ground is frivolous.
Appeal by the defendant, Joel M. Marx, from a judgment of the-Supreme Court in favor of ■ the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 7th day of June, 1899,. upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Hew York Special Term, overruling his demurrer to the complaint as-frivolous, with' notice. of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an -order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of June, 1899* upon which the judgment was entered.
J. M. Marx, for the appellant.
Henry A. Forster, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam :
This action is upon a promissory note alleged to have been made-by the defendant and delivered to the plaintiff. It is also alleged' .that at maturity the note was presented for payment, and payment demanded and ."refused. The demurrer was interposed, because the plaintiff failed in addition to aver subsequent non-payment.. The-demurrer is frivolous. All that was necessary to aver was. a breach of the contract evidenced by the note. It was not necessary to- add that the breach continued down to the time- of the commencement, of the action.
The judgment overruling the demurrer as frivolous was right and should be affirmed, with costs. . ,
. Present—Van Brunt, P. J., Barrett, Rumsey, Patterson and O'Brien, JJ. .
Judgment, affirmed, with costs.