Case Name: CITY CREDIT CO. v. DONAHUE et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1911-11-10
Citations: 131 N.Y.S. 580
Docket Number: 
Parties: CITY CREDIT CO. v. DONAHUE et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 131
Pages: 580–580

Head Matter:
CITY CREDIT CO. v. DONAHUE et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
November 10, 1911.)
Pleading (§ 343*)—Judgment on Pleadings. ' ■ ",
It is improper to render judgment for plaintiff on the pleadings, where' material allegations of the complaint are specifically denied in the answer, so as to require plaintiff to prove the truth of such allegations beh fore he can recover.
[Ed. Note.—For other eases, see Pleading, Cfent.- Dig. §§ 1048-1051; Dec. Dig. § 343.*] ... ¡ •
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Ninth District. v
Action by the City Credit Company against Cornelius M. Donahue and another. From a judgment for plaintiff on the pleadings, defendant William H. Metz appeals. Reversed, and new trial granted.' '
Argued before SEABURY, GUY, and COHALAN, JJ.
Mortimer W. Solomon, for appellant.
Gates Hamburger, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
' At least two material allegations of the plaintiff's complaint were specifically denied in the answer, thus putting the plaintiff to proof of those allegations upon the trial before he could recover. For that reason alone, judgment upon the pleadings was improperly granted.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.