Case Name: Samuel Wolchock, Appellant, v. Giovanni Tombarelli, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1900-11
Citations: 32 Misc. 694
Docket Number: 
Parties: Samuel Wolchock, Appellant, v. Giovanni Tombarelli, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 32
Pages: 694–695

Head Matter:
Samuel Wolchock, Appellant, v. Giovanni Tombarelli, Respondent.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term,
November, 1900.)
Municipal Court of the city of New York — Form of order opening default and setting aside judgment.
An order, vacating absolutely a judgment taken against the plaintiff by default and which does not set the case down for pleading, hearing or trial, is unauthorized in the Municipal Court of the city of New York.
Appeal from an order of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan.
M. M. Greenstein, for appellant.
E. McKinley, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The order appealed from, which vacated and set aside a judgment against the plaintiff absolutely, omitted to set the case down for pleading, hearing or trial. Such an order is unauthorized in the Municipal Court. Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co. v. Catharine, 25 Misc. Rep. 338. The reason given by the justice for making the order, to-wit, that the defendant was not a resident of the county, is not sufficient. Worthington v. London, etc., Company, 164 N. Y. 81.
The order appealed from must be reversed, with ten dollars costs to appellant.
Present: Truax, P. J.; Scott and Dugro, JJ.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs to appellant.