McLean v. Cole

This action was tried at the Putnam court by a jury. The complaint was in the usual form for the recovery of the possession of personal property, or for its value, if a return could not be had. The appeal is taken without a case having been settled according to the practice of the court. The appellant has printed and served a copy of the judgment roll simply. By this it appears that the verdict of the jury was a money verdict only, for $756. The ground of the appeal is, that the verdict should have been for a return of the property or for the value in case of its nondelivery. The appellant claims the right to review this alleged error, as it appears on the judgment roll without a case. This cannot be done ; no question, either of fact or law, arising upon the trial can be reviewed except upon a case made and settled according to .established practice. (Conolly v. Conolly, 16 How., 227; Hunt v. Bloomer, 13 N. Y., 341; Johnson v. Whitlock, 13 id., 345; Smith v. Grant, 15 id., 590.)

The appeal must be dismissed with ten dollars costs.

Motion to dismiss appeal granted, with ten dollars costs.