Case Name: Philip Morganstern, Appellant, v. Abraham Endelman, Impleaded, etc., Respondent
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1901-12
Citations: 36 Misc. 860
Docket Number: 
Parties: Philip Morganstern, Appellant, v. Abraham Endelman, Impleaded, etc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 860–861

Head Matter:
Philip Morganstern, Appellant, v. Abraham Endelman, Impleaded, etc., Respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Special Term, dated and entered September, 9, 1901, assuming to relieve the defendant from the effect of a judgment, while another order of the Special Term, dated and entered on or about January 2, 1901, granting the defendant’s application opening the default upon which the said judgment was entered, upon certain terms therein imposed, is still undisturbed of record.
Joseph Wilkenfeld (John D. Connolly, of counsel), for appellant.
Abraham B. Schleimer, for respondent.

Opinion:
Hascall, J.
It is clear from the face of the papers presented to us upon this appeal that every presumption, which may be indulged in, should be construed in favor of sustaining the judgment. 6 N. Y. Supp. 306. The apparent absence of good faith on the part of the defendant, as well as of diligence, render section 724 of the Code imperative and make it imperative that the order appealed from should be reversed. Moreover, judicial policy requires that a justice at Special Term should not assume to vacate an order made by another justice except where permission is granted by statute, before application has been made to the justice granting the order for its modification, amendment or vacation. 48 N. Y. 41, 59 id. 212.
It clearly appears that if the order complained against were to he maintained it would be rendering the neglect of defendant the means for gaining his cause. See 1 Johns. Ch. 538. The investigation by the Supreme Court of the merits of the matter of difference between the parties, in the interim between the dates of the two orders, makes it certain that the interests of justice are best subserved by maintaining the judgment already secured by plaintiff.
The order appealed from should be reversed with costs and disbursements to the appellant.
Delehanty, J., concurs.
Order reversed, with costs and disbursements to appellant.