Court Opinion

ID: 5204037
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-06 15:58:01.444018+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:27:15.227398
License: Public Domain

Hooker, J.:
The complaint alleged a promise of the defendant to pay to the plaintiff $1,000, or so much thereof as the trust company paid for assessments, as soon as the trust company made the payment. The action was commenced on the 4th day of December, 1905, by the service of the summons on the .defendant; the payment by the trust company of the assessments was not made until the 23d day of December, 1905. The nonsuit was, therefore, properly granted for the reason that the action was prematurely brought. The judgment, however, provides that the complaint should be dismissed “ upon the merits.” Because of. this error, the judgment must be modified by striking out the words “ upon the merits,”' and as thus modified affirmed, without costs.
Jenks, Gaynor, Rich and Miller, JJ., concurred.
Judgment modified by striking out the words “ upon the merits,” and as thus modified affirmed, without costs.