Case Name: Eliza W. White, Resp't, v. Jose Balta, App'lt
Court: New York Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-04-02
Citations: 58 N.Y. St. Rep. 377
Docket Number: 
Parties: Eliza W. White, Resp’t, v. Jose Balta, App’lt.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 58
Pages: 377–377

Head Matter:
Eliza W. White, Resp’t, v. Jose Balta, App’lt.
(New York Common Pleas, General Term,
Filed April 2, 1894)
Appeal—Leave.
An application for leave to appeal to the court of appeals, must state the question of law it desires to have reviewed ; and that question must he one not only of importance hut which has never been adjudicated by the court of appeals.
Motion for leave to appeal to the court of appeals.
Jones & Qovin, for motion ; Olcoit & Olcolt, opposing.

Opinion:
Pryor, J.
The motion is reprehensible. It asks the privilege of an appeal to the court of appeals, from a judgment of this court affirming the judgment of the district court for a sum less than a hundred dollars. The action was for a month's rent of a storeroom ; and upon the trial only issues of fact were on controversy. It is not pretended in the moving papers, that the case involves any question of law at all, much less one " which ought to be reviewed by the court of appeals." Code, § 191, sub. 3. Does counsel suppose that our highest tribunal is instituted for the purpose of entertaining anew the petty wrangles of the district court ? And, why should we be vexed by such frivolous and futile motions ?
An application for leave to take a cause to the court of appeals, must state the question of law it desires to have reviewed ; and that question must be one not only of importance but which has never been adjudicated by the court of appeals. A proposition which no lawyer will dispute, is not a question of law. Motion denied, with ten dollars cost.
All concur.