Case Name: COHEN v. LEWSEN et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1905-01-23
Citations: 92 N.Y.S. 59
Docket Number: 
Parties: COHEN v. LEWSEN et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 92
Pages: 59–60

Head Matter:
COHEN v. LEWSEN et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
January 23, 1905.)
1. Municipal Courts—Jurisdictional Amount.
Under the express provision of Laws 1902, p. 1487, c. 580, § 1, subd. 1, the Municipal Court of New York City has no jurisdiction of an action on a contract wherein plaintiff’s claim exceeds 8500.
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Thirteenth District.
Action by Abraham B. Cohen against Rodolph M. Lewsen and another. From a judgment for plaintiff for the sum of $532 and costs, defendants appeal. Reversed.
Argued before SCOTT, MacLEAN, and DAVIS, JJ.
McBurney & McBurney, for appellants.
Shafer & Levin, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The pleadings in this case were oral, and the-amount claimed by the plaintiff in his bill of particulars, and the sum. for which he had judgment,- exceeded the limit fixed by section 1, subd. 1, of the Municipal Court Act (Laws 1902, p. 1487, c. 580), and thecouirt below therefore had no jurisidction of the subject-matter of the-action.
Judgment reversed, with costs.