Case Name: Baldwin's Bank of Penn Yan, Appellant, v. John H. Butler, Impleaded, etc., Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1892-04-12
Citations: 4 Silv. Ct. App. 160
Docket Number: 
Parties: Baldwin’s Bank of Penn Yan, Appellant, v. John H. Butler, Impleaded, etc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Silvernail's Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 160–161

Head Matter:
Baldwin’s Bank of Penn Yan, Appellant, v. John H. Butler, Impleaded, etc., Respondent.
Court of Appeals,
April 12, 1892.
Appeal. New Trial.—The jurisdiction, conferred on the Court of appeals, tó entertain appeals from orders granting or refusing new trials, is inapplicable to jury cases, where the order was made upon the facts.
Appeal from judgment of the supreme court, general term, fifth department, modifying and affirming an order granting a new trial to defendant after a general verdict against him at circuit.
M. A. Leary, for appellant.
Jno. Gillette, for respondent.

Opinion:
Andrews, J.
—It was said in Young v. Davis, 30 N. Y. 134, that " it is the invariable practice of this court not to review orders made by the supreme court granting new trials on the ground that the verdict was either against evidence or against the weight of evidence." It has since been repeatedly held that the jurisdiction conferred on this court to entertain appeals from orders granting or refusing new trials is inapplicable to jury cases where the order was made upon the facts. The general term may review an order in such a case, but there the right of review ends. This is an appeal from an order of the general term affirming an order of the trial judge setting aside a verdict and granting a new trial on the merits on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The order was not a final order. No exception was or could be taken to the decision of the trial judge, and this court deals with exceptions only, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Code. The cases are decisive against the right of appeal to this court in a case like this. Folger v. Fitzhugh, 41 N. Y. 228; Wright v. Hunter, 46 Id. 409; Campbell v. Page, 5 Id. 658; Standard Oil Co. v. Ins. Co., 79 Id. 507.
The appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
All concur.