Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of Oscar Strasburger's Estate
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1889-11-07
Citations: 27 N.Y. St. Rep. 509
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of Oscar Strasburger’s Estate.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 27
Pages: 509–509

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of Oscar Strasburger’s Estate.
(Supreme Court, General Term, First Department,
Filed November 7, 1889.)
Appeal—Case.
Where the papers upon an appeal are so imperfect that the question supposed to have arisen cannot he properly examined, as where the decree appealed from is not printed, the case will he remitted hack for correction.
Appeal from so much of the decree of special term as rejects the claim of Deutsch Bros, for the same pro rata share as other •creditors.
Joseph Fettretch, for app’lts; Eustace Conway, for resp’t

Opinion:
Brady, J.
This action was submitted, but upon examination the papers appear to be so imperfect that the question which is supposed to have arisen in some way cannot be properly examined. The question involved is whether Messrs. Deutsch Bros. are entitled to damages for their eviction from the premises which they hired from the lunatic under circumstances which would entitle them to some consideration. The referee seems to have determined that they were entitled to recover from the estate a comparatively large sum of money as damages. What was done with this report does not distinctly appear, inasmuch as the decree from which the appeal is'taken is not printed and the confusion is worse confounded from the statement on the part of the appellants that the referee found that the claim was invalid, -whereas from the report printed it appears that he found in favor of the claim, and awarded its payment. It is true that it is stated in the case that the referee made his report, and rejected the claim of Deutsch Bros. for damages as improper, invalid, and not legally chargeable out of the estate, and that they excepted to the report, and to the rejection of their claim, and that the referee's report was confirmed. But the referee's report then states the facts found by the referee at the request of Deutsch Bros., setting them out, by which the result is in their favor, as already stated. The case has been examined with reference to its merits, and, if it were in a condition to be disposed of, it could be. But it is not The case must, therefore, be remitted back for correction.
Van Brunt, P. J., and Daniels, J., concur.