Case Name: Frank H. Martin, App'lt, v. Edward Bronsveld, Resp't
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-06
Citations: 60 N.Y. St. Rep. 619
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frank H. Martin, App’lt, v. Edward Bronsveld, Resp’t.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 60
Pages: 619–619

Head Matter:
Frank H. Martin, App’lt, v. Edward Bronsveld, Resp’t.
(New York Superior Court, General Term,
Filed June, 1894.)
Judgment—Postea,
The specific grounds or reasons for the dismissal of the complaint are not required to appear by the postea.
Appeal by plaintiff from order refusing to amend judgment
Qeo.A.BlacTc, for app’lt; A. J. Westermayr, for resp’t.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The application below was substantially for a direction to the clerk to amend the postea forming part of the judgment roll by stating therein, that the complaint was dismissed " on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action." The trial judge heard the application and denied the motion, stating in an opinion filed by him that the complaint was not dismissed for insufficiency, but upon the proofs. For this and the further reason that the specific grounds or reasons for the dismissal are not required to appear by the postea, the order appealed from was properly made. There is nothing in the postea declaring that the dismissal was " on the merits," nor does anything appear by the record which bars another action, or in any manner prejudices the plaintiff. It follows that the order must be affirmed, with costs.