Case Name: Harris Josephson, Appellant, v. Harry Schwartz, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1928-11
Citations: 225 A.D. 675
Docket Number: 
Parties: Harris Josephson, Appellant, v. Harry Schwartz, Respondent.—
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 675–675

Head Matter:
Harris Josephson, Appellant, v. Harry Schwartz, Respondent.—

Opinion:
Judgment modified by providing therein that it is without prejudice, and as so modified unanimously affirmed, with costs. Assuming, without deciding, that plaintiff was entitled to recover nominal damages in any event, the rule is settled that appellate courts do not reverse judgments to enable the recovery of merely nominal damages. (Shapiro v. Benenson, 181 App. Div. 19, 27; National Cash Register Co. v. Schmidt, 48 id. 472, 474; Mosler Safe Co. v. Brenner, 100 Misc. 107; McConihe v. New York & Erie R. R. Co., 20 N. Y. 495, 498.) Present — Lazansky, P. J., Rich, Kapper, Hagarty and Carswell, JJ.