Gorlitzer v. Levenson

The action was brought to recover $500 on a check which was diverted by the defendant. The check was never paid, and the evidence fails to show that plaintiff’s assignor suffered any loss or damage whatever by reason of the making and delivery thereof. Plaintiff’s assignor attempted to prove that an action was at one time brought against him to recover the face of the check, but in that regard he utterly failed. No record of any court was produced to show that any judgment had ever been recovered on the check in question, nor was it established that any one ever received a dollar on account thereof. In fact, plaintiff proved that payment of the check was stopped. The complaint was dismissed, and plaintiff appeals.

*131Our attention has been called to no errors which require us to reverse the judgment. The exclusion of evidence, to which some of the exceptions refer, could in no event have prejudiced appellant, in the absence of proof showing the slightest loss. The exclusion of certain papers alleged to have some bearing on a lawsuit brought against the maker of the check was also harmless, and, as no exception was taken, no question for review is presented. Indeed, such papers were not even marked for identification and printed in the record, so that their relation to the issue involved in this action could be ascertained. While the dismissal of the complaint was justified, the judgment of dismissal should not have been upon the merits. The record does not show that any such ruling was made.

The judgment should therefore, be modified, by striking therefrom the words "upon the merits,” and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs of this appeal to either party.