Case Name: Lippman Mandel, Plaintiff, v. Jacob Fertig, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-12
Citations: 65 Misc. 310
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lippman Mandel, Plaintiff, v. Jacob Fertig, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 310–311

Head Matter:
Lippman Mandel, Plaintiff, v. Jacob Fertig, Defendant.
(City Court of New York, Special Term,
December, 1909.)
Municipal Courts — Jurisdiction — Municipal court — Action for forcible entry and detainer.
The Municipal Court of the city of New York lias no jurisdiction of an action for forcible entry and detainer.
Where, in an action brought in the City Court of the city of New York for forcible entry and detainer, plaintiff recovers judgment for fifty dollars, he is entitled to tax costs.
Motion to compel clerk to tax costs. The opinion states the case.
William Halpert, for plaintiff.
Bernard Gordon, for defendant.

Opinion:
Green, J.
This is a motion to compel the clerk of this court to tax the costs in this action. The action was for forcible entry and detainer. Upon the trial the plaintiff recovered judgment for-fifty dollars, which ivas tried under the statute. The clerk refused to tax the costs upon the ground that the Municipal Court had jurisdiction of the action. While it is true that the Municipal Court has jurisdiction in an action for trespass, I find no authority giving it jurisdiction in such an action as the case at bar. The Municipal Court Act gives to that court jurisdiction in an action for an injury to property, but I am of the opinion that the action at bar is not such an injury within the meaning of the section involved. The motion to compel the clerk to tax costs is, therefore, granted.
Motion granted.