Case Name: George A. Treadwell, Appellant, v. Horace E. Deming, Respondent
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-11
Citations: 10 Misc. 232
Docket Number: 
Parties: George A. Treadwell, Appellant, v. Horace E. Deming, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 232–233

Head Matter:
George A. Treadwell, Appellant, v. Horace E. Deming, Respondent.
(City Court of New York
General Term,
November, 1894.).
Where a case involves several theories, some dependent on the finding of certain facts, and some on the construction and legal effect of writings and transactions which may bear different interpretations, it is error to dismiss the complaint.
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment directed by the trial judge dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint.
Logan, Gla/rh & Lomond, for appellant.
Stichney, Spencer cfs Ordwa/y, for respondent.

Opinion:
Ehrlich, Ch. J.
In dismissing the complaint the trial tjudge in effect decided that on no possible theory was the plaintiff entitled to recover anything from the defendant.
He evidently based this conclusion on some mathematical calculation drawn from the evidence, the accuracy of which does not seem to be established.
The case presented by the appeal book involves several theories, some dependent on the finding of certain facts, and others upon the construction and legal effect of writings and transactions which might bear different interpretations.
The judgment appealed from can be sustained, if at all, upon one ground only, i. e., that in no possible phase of the action could the plaintiff recover.
The case does not appear to be so situated, and in our judgment it ought to have gone to the jury on the different theories, with appropriate instructions, that the jury might draw proper inferences and reach correct conclusions.
To this end the judgment must be reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.
Van Wyck and McCarthy, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.