Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1928

Scott v. Hemmer

Scott v. Hemmer
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 16, 1928 · Crain
131 Misc. 474; 227 N.Y.S. 171; 1928 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 714

Counsel

Hughes, Rounds, Schurman & Dwight [Thomas H. Pinney of counsel], for the appellant., Joseph S. Israel, for the respondent.

Scott v. Hemmer

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

That the clerk instead of the attorney for the prevailing party prepared the default judgment did not affect the validity of said judgment, and the court had no jurisdiction to open defendant’s default and vacate the judgment after a lapse of more than one year from the date of entry thereof. (Weiss v. Forty-second St., M. & St. N. Ave. R. Co., 123 Misc. 387; Daskal & Fishman v. Corsan Cracker Co., Inc., 219 App. Div. 829.)

Order reversed, with ten dollars costs; motion denied and judgment reinstated.

Bijur and Delehanty, JJ., concur.

Dissenting Opinion

Crain, J. (dissenting).

The above-cited cases are inapplicable. The judgment in each case was prepared pursuant to the provisions of section 125 of the Municipal Court Code. The order appealed from should be affirmed on the opinion of the court below.

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