Case Name: SALZMAN v. KONIG
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1910-05-17
Citations: 123 N.Y.S. 45
Docket Number: 
Parties: SALZMAN v. KONIG.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 123
Pages: 45–45

Head Matter:
(67 Misc. Rep. 419.)
SALZMAN v. KONIG.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
May 17, 1910.)
Courts (§ 189 )—Municipal Courts—Pleading—Motion in Nature of Demurrer.
A motion to dismiss the complaint for insufficiency of facts stated, made at the opening of the trial in the Municipal Court, is in effect a demurrer, and leave must h.e given plaintiff to amend.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Courts, Dec. Dig. § 189.*]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, First District.
Action by Joseph Salzman against Max Konig. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
Reversed, and new trial ordered.
Argued before SEABURY, GUY, and BIJUR, JJ.
Mortimer W. Solomon, for appellant.
Eeon S. Kaiser, for respondent.
For other-cases see same topic & § number in Deo. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant moved at the opening of the trial to dismiss the complaint, upon the ground that it failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The court thereupon suspended the trial, and stated that, in the event of a denial of the motion; he would set the cause down for a future day for trial. Subsequently he granted the motion, and dismissed the complaint, with costs. This was error. The motion should have been treated as a demurrer, and leave giyen to the plaintiff to amend his complaint. Rogers v. Fine, 49 Misc. Rep. 633, 97 N. Y. Supp. 1004; Carpenter v. Pirner (Sup.) 102 N. Y. Supp. 461.
The judgment must be reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.