Court Opinion

ID: 5468196
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-09 20:09:36.902087+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:33:11.892548
License: Public Domain

By the Court—Barculo P. Justice.
The sole question presented by this case is this, can an appeal he brought from a decision of the special term overruling a demurrer as frivolous as an order ?
We are of the opinion that such an appeal is not authorized by the Code; and that judgment must first be entered upon the decision of the special term, and an appeal he brought from the judgment. The authority for treating a frivolous demurrer is found in section 247, which provides that “ if a demurrer, answer, or reply be frivolous, the party prejudiced thereby, upon a previous notice of five days, may apply to a judge of the court, either in or out of the court, for judgment thereon; and judgment maybe given accordingly.” The application in the present case must have been made under this section, and the decision below must have been a judgment, if any thing. It clearly cannot, therefore, he treated as an order for the purpose of an appeal.
Appeal dismissed.