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Gottlieb v. Weiss

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 9, 1950
277 App. Div. 988 (N.Y. App. Div. 1950)

Opinion

October 9, 1950.

Present — Nolan, P.J., Carswell, Sneed, Wenzel and MacCrate, JJ.


Order granting motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action unanimously affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements. The appellants are not asking the court to declare their legal rights, but are asking advice as to whether or not they have one or more causes of action against respondents, which they should choose, and their probable success therein. An action for a declaratory judgment may not be resorted to for such a purpose. ( Todd v. Board of Educ. of City of Syracuse, 272 App. Div. 618; Latham v. Hollands, 172 Misc. 189; De Camp v. 147 East 50th St. Corp., 163 Misc. 584.)


Summaries of

Gottlieb v. Weiss

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 9, 1950
277 App. Div. 988 (N.Y. App. Div. 1950)
Case details for

Gottlieb v. Weiss

Case Details

Full title:MORRIS GOTTLIEB, et al., Appellants, v. CETALIE B. WEISS et al.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Oct 9, 1950

Citations

277 App. Div. 988 (N.Y. App. Div. 1950)

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