Case Name: Minnehaha Snedecor, Respondent, v. Edward R. Chapel, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1920-05
Citations: 192 A.D. 915
Docket Number: 
Parties: Minnehaha Snedecor, Respondent, v. Edward R. Chapel, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 192
Pages: 915–915

Head Matter:
Minnehaha Snedecor, Respondent, v. Edward R. Chapel, Appellant.

Opinion:
Plaintiff was not premature in moving for judgment upon the first answer, since she moved after issue joined. (Code Civ. Proc. § 547.) A power to amend cannot be invoked to defeat such motion unless exercised by serving a new answer before the motion is heard. (Dorf v. Corsa, 163 N. Y. Supp. 602.) But service of a new answer wholly supersedes the original answer. The order thereon then becomes unimportant, save as to motion costs, and upon the hearing here these have been waived. Nothing substantial being now left, the appeal is dismissed, without costs. Jenks, P. J., Mills, Rich, Putnam and Kelly, JJ., concur.