Case Name: George R. Bristor, Respondent, v. William H. Flaherty, Impleaded, etc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1899-12
Citations: 30 Misc. 111
Docket Number: 
Parties: George R. Bristor, Respondent, v. William H. Flaherty, Impleaded, etc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 111–111

Head Matter:
George R. Bristor, Respondent, v. William H. Flaherty, Impleaded, etc., Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term,
December, 1899.)
Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan —> Jurisdiction.
Where the record of an action, in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, does not show that the defendant resided within the jurisdiction of the court, the judgment must be reversed on appeal.
Appeal by the defendant, William H. Flaherty, from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, rendered in the Municipal Court, second district, borough of Manhattan.
Maxwell C. Katz, for appellant.
George R. Bristor, for respondent.

Opinion:
MacLean, J.
The defendant now objects, among other things, that the record is silent as to his residence within the jurisdiction of the trial court, and this is true. For this reason the judgment must be reversed. Frees v. Ford, 6 N. Y. 176; Gilbert v. York, 111 id. 544.
Freedman, P. J., and Leventeitt, J., concur.
Judgment reversed .and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.