Case Name: Francis Kupperman, Respondent, v. Osher Zirinsky, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1925-01-08
Citations: 124 Misc. 366
Docket Number: 
Parties: Francis Kupperman, Respondent, v. Osher Zirinsky, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 124
Pages: 366–367

Head Matter:
Francis Kupperman, Respondent, v. Osher Zirinsky, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
January 8, 1925.
Judgments — Municipal Court of City of New York — court without power to alter judgment from one in favor of defendant to judgment for plaintiff.
The Municipal Court of the City of New York has power to vacate a judgment and grant a new trial, but it is unauthorized to alter a judgment from one in favor of the defendant to a judgment for the plaintiff.
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, Seventh District, in favor of plaintiff.
Zvirin & Zvirin [Nathan Zvirin of counsel], for the appellant.
Frederick & Jerome Weiss [Frederick Weiss of counsel], for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
From the notice of appeal it would appear that this is an appeal from a judgment, but in fact it is from an order entered on the seventeenth day of June amending a former judgment for the defendant so as to make it one for plaintiff. This order was the result of a motion made by order to show cause " why the judgment should not be vacated and set aside as against the law and a hew trial ordered."
While the court had power to vacate the judgment and grant a new trial, to change the judgment from one in favor of the defend ant to a judgment for plaintiff was unauthorized. (Miller, Inc., v. Leahy Building Co., 95 Misc. 616.)
Order modified by striking therefrom " judgment therefore amended to read judgment for plaintiff for rent $220 counterclaim dismissed as premature and without prejudice," and substituting therefor " judgment vacated and a new trial ordered," and order as so modified affirmed, without costs of appeal to either party.
All concur; present, Guy, O'Malley and Levy, JJ.