Case Name: Edward J. Smith, Appellant, v. Edward E. Buckley, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1934-07-12
Citations: 152 Misc. 302
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward J. Smith, Appellant, v. Edward E. Buckley, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 152
Pages: 302–302

Head Matter:
Edward J. Smith, Appellant, v. Edward E. Buckley, Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
July 12, 1934.
Myers, Treanor & Keating [John F. Keating and Hugo F. Ricca, Jr., of counsel], for the appellant.
Medina & Sherpick [H. LeRoy Jackson of counsel], for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
While there is a recital in the judgment in the prior action that judgment was rendered in favor of defendant against plaintiff after motion to dismiss at the end of plaintiff's case, the actual adjudication is that defendant recover from plaintiff thirty-two dollars, costs and disbursements. It is undisputed that the prior dismissal was due to the absence of a material witness for the plaintiff; presumptively the dismissal was without prejudice (Mauro v. Cooper, 181 App. Div. 884); and the denial of plaintiff's motion to correct the record of the prior trial does not defeat the cause of action established herein.
Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and judgment directed for the plaintiff for the amount demanded in the complaint, with costs.
All concur; present, Callahan, Frankenthaler and Shientag, JJ.