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34 Misc. 526

Chase v. Herr

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · decided 1901-04-15

<p>Municipal Court of the city of Hew York — Has jurisdiction, of an action for deceit.</p> <p>Prior to the charter of the city of New York, passed in 1897, its District Courts had jurisdiction of an action for deceit and the</p> <p>present Municipal Court of said city has like jurisdiction.</p>

Relies on Farrington v. Bullard

Decided 1901-04-15

Bischoff, P. J.

¶1The ground for the dismissal of the action appears from the return to be that the Municipal Court had no jurisdiction of an action for fraud and deceit.

¶2Section 1364 of the charter (subd. 14) gives the Municipal Court jurisdiction in cases over which the District Courts had jurisdiction, and by section 3215 of the Code the provisions of section 2862, relative to the jurisdiction of Justices’ Courts, were made applicable to the District Courts. .

¶3An action for an injury to property, as defined in section 3343 (subd. 10) of the Code is thus within the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court (Code, § 2862, subd. 2), and the Code definition of an injury to property— “ an actionable act, whereby the estate of another is lessened, other than a personal injury, or the breach of a contract ”— clearly covers an action for damages for deceit. See Farrington v. Bullard, 40 Barb. 512.

¶4Upon examination of the pleadings we cannot agree with counsel for the respondent that the complaint might have been dismissed for insufficiency, and the dismissal upon the express ground) of jurisdiction was erroneous.

¶5*527Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.

¶6Levektritt and Clarice, JJ., concur.

¶7Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.

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