New York Supreme Court, 1891

Reynolds v. Craus

New York Supreme Court · Decided December 14, 1891 · Pratt

16 N.Y.S. 792; 42 N.Y. St. Rep. 624; 62 Hun 620; 1891 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2247 (New York Supplement)

Counsel

Norman A. Lawlor, for appellant., Pelham L. McClellan, for respondent, cited Hull v. Smith, 8 How. Pr. 149; Kelly v. Barnett, 16 How. Pr. 135; Lefferts v. Snediker, 1 Abb. Pr. 41; Nichols v. Jones, 6 How. Pr. 335; People v. Hospital, 7 Dans. 304; Shearman v. New York Cent. Mills, 1 Abb. Pr. 187; Thorn v. New York Cent. Mills, 10 How. Pr. 20; Leach v. Boynton, 3 Abb. Pr. 1; Littlejohn v. Greeley, 22 How. Pr. 345; Kreitz v. Frost, 5 Abb. Pr. (N. S.) 277; Browm v. Jenison, 3 Sandf. 732; Hull v. Smith, 8 How. Pr. 149; Walker v. Hewitt, 11 How. Pr. 395; People v. McCumber, 18 N. Y. 315, 15 How. Pr. 186; Kiefer v. Thomass, 6 Abb. Pr. (N. S.) 42; Kay v. Whittaker, 44 N. Y. 565.

Opinion of the Court

Pratt, J.

Under the authority of Wayland v. Tysen, 45 N. Y. 281, and Thompson v. Railway Co., Id. 471, this order must be reversed, The cases cited by respondent were all decided before the two eases above cited,' and, so far as they hold that a general denial can be stricken out as sham, are overruled. The only variation from the rule as laid down in these cases has been where a party has been examined before trial, and has admitted the falsity of the answer. Order reversed, with costs to abide event.

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