Case Name: Bernard H. Wolfman and Pearl Wolfman, Respondents, v. John Kadel, Bernard Trencher, Mary A. Judge, Appellants, and Others, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-03-12
Citations: 250 A.D. 773
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bernard H. Wolfman and Pearl Wolfman, Respondents, v. John Kadel, Bernard Trencher, Mary A. Judge, Appellants, and Others, Defendants
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 250
Pages: 773–774

Head Matter:
Bernard H. Wolfman and Pearl Wolfman, Respondents, v. John Kadel, Bernard Trencher, Mary A. Judge, Appellants, and Others, Defendants

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for wrongful eviction, the separate defenses in the defendants-appellants' amended answer were struck out on plaintiffs' motion. Order reversed on the law, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion denied, with ten dollars costs. The sufficiency of the first separate defense would seem to depend upon the nature and extent of plaintiffs' proof. The facts therein alleged are competent; and any doubts as to whether they may be proved under a general denial should be resolved in favor of the pleader. (Clode v. Scribner's Sons, 200 App. Div. 532; Morgan Munitions Co. v. Studebaker Corp., 226 N. Y. 94.) The matters alleged in the second separate defense seem to constitute at least a partial defense under article 8 of the Debtor and Creditor Law (Laws of 1928, chap. 833). In our opinion, it is at least questionable if the complaint alleges facts which, if deemed to be true, are sufficient to establish an actionable tort by these appellants. Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Adel and Taylor, JJ., concur.