Case Name: John Griffith, Jr., an Infant over the Age of Fourteen Years, by John Griffith, Sr., His Guardian ad Litem, and John Griffith, Sr., Appellants, v. Southfield Beach Railroad Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1933-10
Citations: 240 A.D. 845
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Griffith, Jr., an Infant over the Age of Fourteen Years, by John Griffith, Sr., His Guardian ad Litem, and John Griffith, Sr., Appellants, v. Southfield Beach Railroad Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 240
Pages: 845–845

Head Matter:
John Griffith, Jr., an Infant over the Age of Fourteen Years, by John Griffith, Sr., His Guardian ad Litem, and John Griffith, Sr., Appellants, v. Southfield Beach Railroad Company, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment dismissing the complaint and order in so far as it dismisses the complaint reversed on the law; order in so far as it sets aside the verdicts affirmed and a new trial granted, costs to appellants to abide the event. The court had no power to dismiss the complaint after having denied a motion to dismiss it and after rendition of verdict. (Dougherty v. Salt, 227 N. Y. 200; Bail v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., 201 id. 355.) Young, Kapper, Hagarty and Scudder, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., concurs for reversal of the judgment dismissing the complaint and of the order in so far as it dismisses the complaint, but dissents as to the order in so far as it sets aside the verdicts, and votes for a reinstatement of the verdicts and judgment thereon in favor of plaintiffs.