Barth v. Amberg

9 N.Y. St. Rep. 522

• Court: City of New York Municipal Court
• Decided: May 27, 1887
• Status: Published

Opinion

Hyatt, J.

The complaint charges that the plaintiffs sold and delivered to the defendants at their request certain goods. The defendant Amberg denies this and sets up a misjoinder of parties defendant.

The motion to dismiss the complaint, upon the ground that the plaintiff on the trial did not establish that the goods were sold to the defendants jointly was properly denied.

Section 1204 of the Code of Civil Procedure allows judgment to be given for or against one or more plaintiffs, and for or against one or more defendants.

Assuming that a joint contract has been set forth in the complaint as the ground of the action against the defendants as joint debtors, the court at the trial can still award judgment in favor of the plaintiff against one of the defendants, if, as matter of fact, it shall be made to appear that such one is the only person liable to the plaintiff. Clegg v. Cramer, 66 How., 411; 32 Hun, 163.

The real question involved in the action was clearly presented by the court to the jury for their consideration. They were instructed that if they found that Burckhardt was the duly authorized agent of the defendant Am-berg, their verdict must be for the plaintiff, against the defendant Amberg; they so found.

We do not find in the record any error which will justify a new trial.

The judgment must be affirmed, with costs.

MoAdam, O. J.,. concurs.