Case Name: MICHELS et al. v. LEVY
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-05-31
Citations: 135 N.Y.S. 728
Docket Number: 
Parties: MICHELS et al. v. LEVY.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 135
Pages: 728–729

Head Matter:
MICHELS et al. v. LEVY.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
May 31, 1912.)
Injunction (§ 126*)—Burden of Proof.
In a suit for mandatory injunction to compel removal of a body from a cemetery lot, the burden was on plaintiff to show title to the lot.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Injunction, Cent. Dig. § 276; Dec. Dig. § 126.*]
Laughlin, J., dissenting.
♦For other cases see same topic °& § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep'r Indexes
Appeal from Special Term, New York County.
Action by Henrietta Michels and others against Bertha Levy. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Reversed, and new trial granted.
Argued before INGRAHAM, P. J., and McLAUGHLIN, LAUGH-LIN, MILLER, and DOWLING, JJ.
Harry Edwards, of New York City, for appellant.
Harry F. Mela, of New York City, for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The burden of proof was upon the plaintiffs to establish title to the plot in question, from which they are seeking to eject the defendant. This they have failed to do.
The judgment must therefore be reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.