Case Name: PARKER v. DENNETT SURPASSING COFFEE CO.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1899-12-28
Citations: 61 N.Y.S. 785
Docket Number: 
Parties: PARKER v. DENNETT SURPASSING COFFEE CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 61
Pages: 785–785

Head Matter:
PARKER v. DENNETT SURPASSING COFFEE CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
December 28, 1899.)
Judgment—Jurisdiction oe Parties—Residence.
A record containing neither averment nor proof of defendant’s residence does not show jurisdiction of the municipal court, and will not sustain a judgment.
Appeal from municipal court, borough of Manhattan, First district. Action by Robert B. Parker against Dennett Surpassing Coffee Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Rev&rssd
Argued before FREEDMAN, P. J., and MacLEAN and LEVENTRITT, JJ.
Lucius A. Waldo, for appellant.
Henry H. McCorkle, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The record contains neither averment nor proof of the defendant's residence. This defect is jurisdictional, and the judgment must be reversed.
Judgment reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.