Case Name: Joseph Di Bernardo and John Dolce, Respondents, v. Stewart Warner Corporation, Defendant, and Alemite Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-12-23
Citations: 255 A.D. 1004
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Di Bernardo and John Dolce, Respondents, v. Stewart Warner Corporation, Defendant, and Alemite Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 255
Pages: 1004–1004

Head Matter:
Joseph Di Bernardo and John Dolce, Respondents, v. Stewart Warner Corporation, Defendant, and Alemite Corporation, Appellant.

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages for alleged malicious prosecution, order denying appellant's motion to dismiss the amended complaint on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action reversed on the law, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted, without costs. Plaintiffs may serve a new complaint "within ten days from the entry of the order hereon if they be so advised. Merely to allege that the appellant testified before the grand jury is insufficient. The complaint should show that such testimony was false or that information "within the knowledge of the appellant was withheld and that such false testimony, or the withholding of such information, was the cause of the criminal proceeding. The complaint in its present form does not warrant the inference that the appellant's testimony caused the grand jury to direct the district attorney to file the information in the Court of Special Sessions. Lazansky, P. J., Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur; Davis, J., dissents and votes to affirm.