Case Name: GOTTLIEB v. PECK & MACK CO.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-11-30
Citations: 119 N.Y.S. 616
Docket Number: 
Parties: GOTTLIEB v. PECK & MACK CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 119
Pages: 616–617

Head Matter:
GOTTLIEB v. PECK & MACK CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
November 30, 1909.)
Courts (§ 189*)—Municipal Courts—Judgment on Pleadings.
The New York Municipal Court has no power to grant judgment on the pleadings, where the complaint states a cause of action.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Courts, Cent. Dig. § 409; Dec. Dig. § 189.*]
*For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Seventh District.
Action by Oscar Gottlieb against the Péck & Mack Company. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, plaintiff appeals.
Reversed, and new trial ordered.
Argued before GILDERSLEEVE, P. J., and SEABURY and _ LEHMAN, JJ.
I. L. Broadwin, for appellant.
Franklin Bien, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
It seems to us that the complaint states a good cause of action. The proof of plaintiff's cáse depends upon the question whether the record of the earlier trial will show that the jury made an allowance of $217- upon the offer of the defendant to return goods of that value. Where the complaint states a cause of action, the Mu nicipal Court has no power to grant judgment on the pleadings and to deprive the plaintiff of his right to a trial.
Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.