Moritz v. Gouze

159 N.Y.S. 821

• Court: Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
• Decided: June 28, 1916
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order made upon a motion, substantially, to open the default of the tenant herein. Upon conflicting affidavits, the court below has found that the tenant’s representative appeared in court, for the purpose of filing an answer, on the day when the case was to be called, and waited throughout the entire morning without the proceeding being called, and that upon inquiry at the clerk's office he was informed that the case was not on the calendar for that day. A default was taken, however, and a warrant issued, and the landlord put into possession thereunder. The court below opened the default upon terms and set the case down for trial, and at the same time vacated the final order and the warrant.

[1, 2] That the Municipal Court has power to open a default in a summary proceeding cannot be doubted. Section 6, subd. 7, Municipal Court Code (Laws 1915, c. 279). It cannot be said, in the case at bar,' that the court abused its discretion,in so doing. Apparently no order of restitution was granted; indeed, it may well be doubted if one could issue, under the circumstances, until after trial. Section 129, subd. 2, Municipal Court Code.

Order affirmed, with $10 costs to abide" the event.