Hollister Bank of Buffalo v. Vail
Hollister Bank of Buffalo v. Vail
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff’s counsel maintains that an appeal does not lie in this case, because, as he argues, the appeal is from an order, as distinguished from a judgment, and it is insisted, that by the act creating the Superior Court of Buffalo, appeals to this court can only be taken from the judgments of the Superior Court. The language of the act is, “ appeals from the judgments of the said court, rendered at general term, shall be taken directly to the Court of Appeals, in the same manner as from judgments of the Supreme Court in the cases prescribed by law.” (Laws of 1854, 227, §19.) We do not think any such distinction as the one suggested was intended by the legislature. The word judgment is used in the statute in a general sense, and in the construction of the act, should be considered as synonymous with determination, in the eleventh section of the Code. The section quoted from the act of 1854, is in pari materia with the provisions of the Code relating to appeals; and they should together receive such a construction, if possible, as to make the system .harmonious. It would be incongruous to provide that a class of determinations in this local court should be conclusive, which, if made in the Supreme Court, or in the Superior i Court, or Common Pleas, of New-York, would be review:able here on appeal. The appeal in this case cannot be 'sustained under either the second or third subdivisions of ¿section eleven of the Code. The' decision sought to be reviewed did not prevent a judgment from which an appeal might be taken, so as to bring the case under the second
The appeal must be dismissed with costs.
Appeal dismissed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- The Hollister Bank of Buffalo against Vail and another
- Status
- Published