Case Name: Levy's Store, Inc., Respondent, v. Endicott-Johnson Corporation, Defendant, Impleaded with International Shoe Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-04
Citations: 247 A.D. 873
Docket Number: 
Parties: Levy’s Store, Inc., Respondent, v. Endicott-Johnson Corporation, Defendant, Impleaded with International Shoe Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 873–874

Head Matter:
Levy’s Store, Inc., Respondent, v. Endicott-Johnson Corporation, Defendant, Impleaded with International Shoe Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
Action for damages for alleged malicious prosecution by instituting a bankruptcy proceeding against plaintiH without probable cause. Judgment affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Present — Martin, P. J., Glennon, Untermyer, Dore and Cohn, JJ.; Dore, J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment and dismiss the complaint, upon the ground that, on the facts in this record, the issue of probable cause was an issue of law for the court, and the court erroneously presented such issue to the jury, and that the motion to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant upon the ground that the proof failed to establish lack of probable cause, should have been granted. (Burt v. Smith, 181 N. Y. 1; Rawson v. Leggett, 184 id. 504; Willard v. Holmes, 142 id. 492.)