Case Name: KIELEY v. REINHARDT
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-03-05
Citations: 108 N.Y.S. 1012
Docket Number: 
Parties: KIELEY v. REINHARDT.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 108
Pages: 1012–1012

Head Matter:
KIELEY v. REINHARDT.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
March 5, 1908.)
Appeal—Decisions Reviewable—“Default Judgment.”
A judgment by default Is equivalent to a judgment on confession, and no appeal lies therefrom.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 2, Appeal and Error, §§ 885-891.
For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 4, pp. 3842-3844; vol. 8, p. 7697.]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Third District.
Action by Timothy J. Kieley against Louis Reinhardt. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Dismissed.
Argued before GILDERSLEEVE, P. J., and BISCHOFF and MacLEAN, JJ.
Arnstein & Levy, for appellant.
Hardy & Shellabarger, for respondent.

Opinion:
MacLEAN, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment taken by default. But a judgment by default is equivalent to a judgment on confession, and therefrom lies no appeal. Adams v. Oaks, 20 Johns. 282.
Appeal from judgment dismissed, with $10 costs. All concur.