New York Supreme Court, 1841

Aeby v. Rapelyea

Aeby v. Rapelyea
New York Supreme Court · Decided June 15, 1841 · Bronson
1 Hill & Den. 371

Counsel

I. Harris, for the plaintiff, now moved to set aside., P. Gansevoort, contra.

Aeby v. Rapelyea

Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Bronson, J.

"Where there is a severance of the action, either before or on the trial, a defendant who sue- ■ ceeds may perfect a separate judgment against the plaintiff, without reference to the co-defendants. (Statutes of 1832, p. 489, § 4.) . But where, -as in this case, all of the defendants succeed on one trial without a severance of the action, only . one judgment should be perfected against the plaintiff.

Motion granted.

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