Case Name: Kenneth A. Roome and Others, Copartners Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Hardy & Company, Appellants, v. Paul M. Unger, Doing Business as P. M. Unger & Co., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-05-05
Citations: 171 Misc. 293
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kenneth A. Roome and Others, Copartners Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Hardy & Company, Appellants, v. Paul M. Unger, Doing Business as P. M. Unger & Co., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 293–294

Head Matter:
Kenneth A. Roome and Others, Copartners Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Hardy & Company, Appellants, v. Paul M. Unger, Doing Business as P. M. Unger & Co., Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
May 5, 1939.
Ira L. Anderson, for the appellants.
No appearance for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
It was error to award costs to abide the event on opening a default, as this holds out to the defaulting party the possibility of being rewarded therefor if successful in the action. (Richardson v. Sun Publishing Co., 20 App. Div. 329.)
Order modified by providing that defendant pay to plaintiffs, within five days after service of order entered hereon, ten dollars costs, and the judgment heretofore entered stand as security for any judgment that may be recovered, and order, as modified, affirmed.
All concur. Present — Hammer, Shientag and Noonan, JJ.