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Watts v. Barker

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 1, 1922
200 App. Div. 916 (N.Y. App. Div. 1922)

Opinion

February, 1922.


Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. Plaintiff's motion for judgment upon the pleadings denied, with ten dollars costs, and defendant's motion for judgment granted, with ten dollars costs. This action was instituted to obtain a declaratory judgment. Such an action was unknown to the common law, and was not authorized by the Code of Civil Procedure or any statute of this State. Section 473 of the Civil Practice Act applies only to actions commenced after that act took effect. Blackmar, P.J., Kelly, Jaycox, Manning and Kelby, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Watts v. Barker

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 1, 1922
200 App. Div. 916 (N.Y. App. Div. 1922)
Case details for

Watts v. Barker

Case Details

Full title:THOMAS WATTS, Respondent, v. CHARLES B. BARKER, Appellant, Impleaded with…

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

Date published: Feb 1, 1922

Citations

200 App. Div. 916 (N.Y. App. Div. 1922)

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