Case Name: James Sampson, Appellant, v. Leon J. Davis, as President of the Retail Drug Employees Union, Local 1199, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1957-12-10
Citations: 4 A.D.2d 1019
Docket Number: 
Parties: James Sampson, Appellant, v. Leon J. Davis, as President of the Retail Drug Employees Union, Local 1199, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 1019–1020

Head Matter:
James Sampson, Appellant, v. Leon J. Davis, as President of the Retail Drug Employees Union, Local 1199, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously reversed upon the law and upon the facts, and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. The judgment entered herein upon a dismissal of the complaint at the close of the plaintiff's case must be reversed and a new trial ordered. While it may be that if the allegations contained in the affirmative defenses are established that a judgment for the defendant would necessarily follow, we cannot make that assumption in the absence of such proof. Upon the record before us, there was sufficient proof to require a denial of the motion to dismiss. Concur—Botein, J. P., Rabin, Frank, Valente and McNally, JJ.