Case Name: WOLF, Respondent, v. HERRMAN, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1904-05-05
Citations: 88 N.Y.S. 1120
Docket Number: 
Parties: WOLF, Respondent, v. HERRMAN, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 88
Pages: 1120–1120

Head Matter:
WOLF, Respondent, v. HERRMAN, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
May 5, 1904.)
Action by Harris Wolf against Henry Herman. From a Municipal Court judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Modified. Edward Herrmann, for appellant. Samuel Rosenbloom, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Had the defense of the statute of frauds been pleaded or raised at the trial, the plaintiff's recovery would have been limited to $50; and, in view of the tender of that amount before suit brought and its subsequent payment into court, the judgment should have gone for the defendant. In the absence of such a plea, the justice was warranted in awarding $75 to the plaintiff; but the judgment in his favor should have been in the sum of $25, as the $50 on deposit awaited his order. Judgment modified, by reducing it to $25 and costs, and, as modified, affirmed, without costs.