Case Name: 231 Brightwater Court Realty Corp., Appellant, v. New York Telephone Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1945-12-21
Citations: 186 Misc. 129
Docket Number: 
Parties: 231 Brightwater Court Realty Corp., Appellant, v. New York Telephone Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 186
Pages: 129–131

Head Matter:
231 Brightwater Court Realty Corp., Appellant, v. New York Telephone Company, Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
December 21, 1945.
Samuel Friedman for appellant.
Irving W. Young, Walter K. McFaul and Ralph W. Brown for respondent.

Opinion:
Memorandum Per Curiam.
The Municipal Court had no jurisdiction of an action for trespass (Holzer v. New York Telephone Co. [App. Term, 1st Dept.], N. Y. L. J., April 6, 1945, p. 1306, col. 4). The first cause of action therefore was properly dismissed. The Municipal Court, however, has jurisdiction in an action to recover treble damages for willful and unlawful injury to real property (Marconi Realty Corporation v. Goldstein, 13 N. Y. S. 2d 547). It was error, therefore, to dismiss the second cause of action since there were factual issues to be passed upon by the jury.
The judgment should be reversed; judgment directed for defendant on the first cause of action; action severed, and a new trial ordered as to the second cause of action, with $20 costs to appellant to abide the event. .
Hammer, Shiehtag and Hecht, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed, etc.