Case Name: McKEAN v. ADAMS
Court: New York Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-03-15
Citations: 27 N.Y.S. 968
Docket Number: 
Parties: McKEAN v. ADAMS.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 27
Pages: 968–969

Head Matter:
(7 Misc. Rep. 406.)
McKEAN v. ADAMS.
(Common Pleas of New York City and County, General Term.
March 15, 1894.)
Appealable Orders—Vacating Case.
An order vacating a settlement of a case on appeal is not appealable.
Appeal from city court, general term.
Action by Bernard S. McKean against Charles H. Adams. From a judgment of the city court (27 H. Y. Supp. 421) affirming an order vacating the settlement of a case on appeal, plaintiff appeals. Dismissed.-
Argued before DALY, C. J., and BISCHOFF and PEYOB, JJ.
E. G-. Bullard (E. F. Bullard, of counsel), for appellant.
Booream, Hamilton & Beckett (William H. Hamilton and Henry M. Ward, of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
PEE CUBIAM.
The appeal will have to be dismissed, because the. order of the general term of the city court, of which appellant complains, is not appealable to this court under any provision of the Code. It is an order vacating his case on appeal, and vacating the settlement thereof, and was made because the settlement of the case was procured irregularly. The appellant is not thereby deprived of .his appeal from the judgment. He still has his remedy. The facts are these: He appealed in the city court from a judgment of the trial term, and served a case upon appeal. It. was returned for alleged irregularities, and he subsequently applied to the justice who tried the cause for a settlement of the case upon the ground that no amendments had been served. The application was granted, and the case settled and filed, and notice thereof given to the respondents, who immediately moved before the justice upon affidavits to vacate the order settling the case, and ordering it on file, and to vacate the case. The motion was granted, manifestly because the appellant had, not disclosed, when he applied to the judge for an order settling the case and ordering it on file, that it-had been returned by the respondents. The judge very properly vacated his order, leaving the appellant to his remedy by motion to compel the respondent to receive the case. That he can make now, and no substantial right is affected by the order appealed from. The question determined by the city court was a minor point of practice, of the correctness. of which they are the judges, and does not affect the merits; People v. New York Cent. R. Co., 29 N. Y. 421. The question whether the motion to vacate the order and case should have been made at a special term or before the judge who settled the ease is immaterial, as the order is not appealable in any aspect for the reasons stated. Appeal dismissed, with $10 costs and disbursements to' respondent.