Case Name: Eldridge et al. v. Crow
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1893
Citations: 5 Misc. 591
Docket Number: 
Parties: Eldridge et al. v. Crow.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 591–591

Head Matter:
Eldridge et al. v. Crow.
Appeal from judgment entered on order sustaining demurrer to counterclaim.
A. Perry, for defendant (appellant).
B. D. Eisler, for plaintiff (respondent).

Opinion:
Ehrlich, Ch. J.
The matters set up by the defendant are pleaded as a counterclaim, and as such they are not the subject of counterclaim to an action on a promissory note.
The defendant had not paid O'Hara's claim on which he relies, and may never be obliged to pay it or any part thereof, and until then his loss is not the subject of set-off. In view of these facts, the condition said to have been affixed to the delivery of the note does not aid the alleged counterclaim, as such.
It follows that the judgment appealed from must bé affirmed, with costs.
McCarthy, J., concurs.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.