Case Name: MILAN G. CLAPP, Respondent, v. JOHN C. ATTERBURY, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1889-06-28
Citations: 25 Jones & S. 579
Docket Number: 
Parties: MILAN G. CLAPP, Respondent, v. JOHN C. ATTERBURY, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the city of New York
Volume: 57
Pages: 579–580

Head Matter:
MILAN G. CLAPP, Respondent, v. JOHN C. ATTERBURY, et al., Appellants.
Order cannot he vacated on motion of a party on the ground that it is erroneous—The general term on an appeal from an order denying such amotion cannot inquire whether there was error in the original order. ■
Before Sedgwick, Ch. J., Freedman and Truax, JJ.
Decided June 28, 1889.
Appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate a former order.
Norman T. M. Melliss, for appellants.
Philip Carpenter, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The only ground on which the appellants could have claimed the order should have been vacated, was that the order was erroneous. It was not claimed that the former order was made without notice or that there was any irregularity of practice as to it. The order was valid until reversed for error. The learned judge below was not bound to hear an appeal from the order. Or, if he still thought there was no error, even if it were supposed that error existed, a refusal to vacate was not injurious to appellant, for he, unless there had been laches, could appeal and have the erroneous order reversed. And further this court cannot proceed to inquire if there were error in the order so long as it is not brought before it upon an appeal.
Order affirmed, with $10 costs.