Case Name: William Watson, et al., as Trustees, &c., Respondents v. The Manhattan Railway Co., et al., Appellants
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1888-01-03
Citations: 23 Jones & S. 567
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Watson, et al., as Trustees, &c., Respondents v. The Manhattan Railway Co., et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the city of New York
Volume: 55
Pages: 567–567

Head Matter:
William Watson, et al., as Trustees, &c., Respondents v. The Manhattan Railway Co., et al., Appellants.
Decided January 3, 1888.
Appeal by defendants from an order allowing plaintiffs to serve an amended complaint upon payment of $20 costs.
Davies & Rapallo, for appellants.
Burnett & Whitney, for respondents.
Before Sedgwick, Ch. J., Freedman and Ingraham, JJ.

Opinion:
By the Court.—Freedman, J.
By the amendment allowed nothing was added to the complaint. The plaintiffs' obtained leave to withdraw a part. The effect was not to change, but to drop a cause of action. The complaint thereupon still contained a good and sufficient cause of action. The case of Ireland v. The Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co., recently decided by this court, is therefore not in point. In that case the object of the amendment sought was to substitute an equitable for a common law action and thus to avoid a dismissal of the complaint. The order should be affirmed with $10 costs and disbursements. Sedgwick, Ch. J., and Ingraham, J., concurred.