Case Name: JANE L. MELVILLE v. ANDREW J. MATHEWSON
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1884-11-05
Citations: 19 Jones & S. 506
Docket Number: 
Parties: JANE L. MELVILLE v. ANDREW J. MATHEWSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the city of New York
Volume: 51
Pages: 506–506

Head Matter:
JANE L. MELVILLE v. ANDREW J. MATHEWSON.
Decided November 5, 1884.
Motion at general term to open judgment.
Before Sedgwick, Ch. J., Truax and Ingraham, JJ.
Motion, made, in the first instance, at the general term to open a judgment against defendant, and to have all the issues re-tried by the referee herein.
Nelson J. Waterbury, for the motion.
John S. Davenport, against the motion.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
It is the plain intention of the Code of Civil Procedure, and of the Rules of Practice, that the general term of this court should exercise only an appellate jurisdiction (Matter of Walker, 2 Duer, 655).
The motion is denied, but without prejudice to the renewal of the motion at the special term.