Case Name: George, the Count Joannes, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Horace H. Day el al. defendants and appellants
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1864-12-31
Citations: 3 Rob. 650
Docket Number: 
Parties: George, the Count Joannes, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Horace H. Day el al. defendants and appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the city of New York
Volume: 26
Pages: 650–653

Head Matter:
George, the Count Joannes, plaintiff and respondent, vs. Horace H. Day el al. defendants and appellants.
An appeal does not lie from an order granting a motion for judgment on account of the frivolousness of a demurrer to the complaint, under section 247 of the Code.- The defendant can only appeal after judgment is entered for damages and costs, when the decision made at.the special term may he reviewed upon that appeal. Robebtson, Ch. J. dissented.
(Before Robertson, Ch. J. and Monell, and Garvin, JJ.)
Heard October 15, 1864;
decided December 31, 1864.
Appeal from an order made at a special term.
George D. Curtis, for the defeüdant, appellant.
Joannes, plaintiff, respondent, in person.

Opinion:
By the Court, Monell, J.
This is an appeal from an order¡ The defendant demurred to the complaint. The plaintiff moved for judgment on account of the frivolousness of the demurrer, under section 247 of the Code; The motion was granted, and the defendant appealed.
The order does not overrule a demurrer, and an appeal cannot, therefore, be taken, under subdivision 2, of section 349, of the Code. Uor does it-come within subdivision 4, of the same section. In this class of cases "judgment " is ordered against the demurring party, and judgment must accordingly he entered, the demurrer and order for judgment forming a part of the judgment roll.
The " order " appealed from is not a judgment. The plaintiff's damages must he assessed, and costs adjusted, when a judgment in form, as upon a failure to answer, is entered by the clerk. This has not been done in the case before us ; and the appeal is therefore without authority. (Harris v. Hammon, 18 How. Pr. 123. Briggs v. Bergen, 23 N. Y. Rep. 162.)
We have not looked into the merits of the demurrer, as we cannot entertain the appeal from the order. When judgment is entered, the defendant can appeal and have the decision at' special term reviewed upon that appeal.
The appeal must be dismissed, with $10 costs.