Court Opinion

ID: 5413059
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-08 16:12:23.502924+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:30:53.296449
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam.

On the trial of this action, defendant offered in evidence the judgment roll of a prior action between the same parties and asked for the dismissal of the complaint on the ground of res judicata. The judgment roll in the prior action is not in evidence; but the court, while examining it, and evidently reading from it, states that the complaint was dismissed on the merits. The minutes of the previous trial are in evidence, however, and show that, at the close of the case, defendant moved to dismiss on the ground that the plaintiff- had failed to prove delivery, which motion was granted.
In a court of inferior jurisdiction such as the Municipal Court of the city of ¡New York, where no formal judgment is entered other, than the indorsement of the justice ón the papers, it is proper to examine the record to discover what disposition was actually made of the case. The previous disposition, having been merely dismissal for failure of proof, was not -a bar to the present action.
Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event.
Present: Seabury, Page and Bijur, JJ.
Judgment reversed.