Case Name: REITMAN v. NEULANDER
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1900-05-01
Citations: 64 N.Y.S. 349
Docket Number: 
Parties: REITMAN v. NEULANDER.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 64
Pages: 349–350

Head Matter:
REITMAN v. NEULANDER.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
May 1, 1900.)
Failure of Proof—Judgment on Merits.
In an action on a note, where plaintiff offers no evidence of a demand on the maker, the only paper offered in evidence being the note, judgment should not have been given on the merits, as there was simply a failure of proof.
Appeal from municipal court, borough of Manhattan, Fourth district.
Action by Albert Reitman against Morris Heulander on a note. From a judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed as modified.
Argued before TRUAX, P. J., and SCOTT and DUGRO, JJ.
Jacob Rieger, for appellant.
Henry L. Franklin, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiff offered no evidence of a demand upon the maker. The only paper offered in evidence, according to the return, was the note. The evidence upon a former trial and the exhibits used at that trial are in the return, but to no purpose. The evidence did not warrant a judgment upon the merits. There was simply a failure of proof.
The judgment is therefore modified so that the action is dismissed without prejudice to a new action, and as modified is affirmed, without costs.