Case Name: Benjamin P. Ducas, Appellant, v. Robert Loonen, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-10
Citations: 158 A.D. 915
Docket Number: 
Parties: Benjamin P. Ducas, Appellant, v. Robert Loonen, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 158
Pages: 915–915

Head Matter:
Benjamin P. Ducas, Appellant, v. Robert Loonen, Respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the Mew York county clerk’s office on the 6th day of June, 1913, dismissing the complaint at Trial Term at the close of plaintiff’s case.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
We think that the evidence adduced by the plaintiff established a prima facie case, and it was error to dismiss the complaint. The letter of the attorney for the plaintiff, written after the commencement of the action, was incompetent to destroy the cause of action, and was improperly admitted unless set up by way of supplemental pleading. The judgment should be reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event. Present —Ingraham, P. J., Laughlin, Scott, Dowling and Hotchkiss, JJ. Dowling, J., dissented. Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event. Order to be settled on notice.