Perjury

PERJURY.

202 NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT

I. OFFENSES AND RESPONSIBILITY
THEREFOR.

~11(1) (N.Y.App.Div.) Testimony must be
willfully false in material matter.-People v.
Barbuti, 126.

separately stated.-Joy v. Urban Motion Pic-
ture Industries, 200.

III. PLEA OR ANSWER, CROSS-COM-
PLAINT, AND AFFIDAVIT OF
DEFENSE.

(C) Traverses or Denials and Admissions.
11(2) (N.Y.App.Div.) False testimony as
to transactions erroneously admitted in evi-112 (N.Y.Sup.) Fact, once denied, is denied
dence held not "material."-People v. Barbuti, for all purposes of pleading.-Rahaim v. Rossia
Ins. Co. of America, 257.
12 (N.Y.App.Div.) Testimony must be 126 (N.Y.App.Div.) Denial of specific in-
willfully false in material matter.-People v. debtedness held not good.-Van Slyke News
Barbuti, 126.
Agency v. News Syndicate Co., 725.

126.

II. PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT.

to

V. DEMURRER OR EXCEPTION.
193(7) (N.Y.App.Div.) On demurrer
complaint, prayer for relief immaterial.-Traub
v. Arrow Mfg. Corporation, 121.
tes-214(8) (N.Y.App.Div.) Demurrant not es-
topped from contesting facts alleged.-Drake v.
Hodgson, 813.

31 (N.Y.App.Div.) Burden of proving ma-
teriality on people.-People v. Barbuti, 126.
36 (N.Y.App.Div.) Materiality of false
timony for court.-People v. Barbuti, 126.

PERPETUITIES.

6(1) (N.Y.App.Div.) Suspension of power
of alienation during minority equivalent to sus-
pension for a life.-In re Trevor's Will, 862.

6(5) (N.Y.Sur.) Provision of will postpon-
ing payment of legacies for five years held in-
valid. In re Wilber's Will, 760.

SUPPLEMENTAL
PLEADINGS AND REPLEADER.
232 (N.Y.Sup.) Court may on its own mo-
tion amend pleadings to conform to proof.-
Gallagher v. Perot, 441.

237 (6) (N.Y.App.Div.) When new trial
granted, complaint should be amended to con-
form to proof.-Smith v. Massachusetts Bond-
ing & Insurance Co., 857.

6(6) (N.Y.App.Div.) Limitation after life
estate held invalid.-In re Trevor's Will, 862.
6(10) (N.Y.App.Div.) Future estates must
terminate within statutory period. In re Tre-243 (N.Y.Sup.) Misjoinder of actions held
not fatal.-Rice v. Miner, 256.
vor's Will, 862.

8 (8) (N.Y.App.Div.) Gift to charitable 280 (N.Y.Sup.) Supplemental answer, set-
corporation of income earned, but not due or ting up additional defense, held barred by lach-
payable, at time of its incorporation, held void. es.-Gallagher v. Perot, 441.
-In re Juilliard's Will, 429.

9(7) (N.Y.Sur.) Provisions of will re-
straining alienation and postponing distribution
held so interwoven that both must fall.-In re
Wilber's Will, 760.

PLEADING.

For pleadings in particular actions or proceed-
ings, see also the various specific topics.
For review of rulings relating to pleadings,
see Appeal and Error.

I. FORM AND ALLEGATIONS IN GENERAL.

8(3) (N.Y.App.Div.) Characterizing act as
illegal is mere conclusion.-Almirall & Co. v.
McClement, 139.

Use of author's name to advertise motion
picture under different title entitled author to
damages. Id.

345(1) (N.Y.Sup.) Judgment on pleadings
on theory that note was accommodation note
and purchase usurious not authorized.-Panzica
v. Boasberg, 321.

345 (1) (N.Y.Sup) Complaint, challenging
legality of use of voting machines, held not to
state cause of action and subject to dismissal.

8(6) (N.Y.Sup.) Allegations that note had
been decreed void and was void held conclu--Lynn v. Nichols, 401.
sions.-Panzica v. Boasberg, 321.

350(2) (N.Y.Sup.) Motion for judgment
8(7) (N.Y.App.Div.) Complaint for com-held improper, complaint being only pleading.-
pensation for services, failing to set out em- Rice v. Miner, 256.
ployment contract provision, held insufficient.-350 (3) (N.Y.Sup.) Complaint liberally con-
Fox v. I. Stern Dental Supply Co., 802.
strued on motion for judgment on pleadings.-
Rice v. Miner, 256.

8(15) (N.Y.App.Div.) Characterizing act
as fraudulent is mere conclusion.-Almirall &
Co. v. McClement, 139.

362 (2) (N.Y.Sup.) Motion to strike out
convenient method of determining whether for
34(3) (N.Y.) Liberally interpreted in favoreign statute applicable.-Colucci v. Lehigh Val-
of pleader.-Brown v. Tregoe, 236 N. Y. 497,
142 N. E. 159.

II. DECLARATION, COMPLAINT, PETI-
THON, OR STATEMENT.

49 (N.Y.Sup.) Tort presumed waived, and
action brought on contract, in absence of un-
ambiguous allegations.-W. & S. Job & Co. v.
Sanders, 752.

52(2) (N.Y.App.Div.) Causes of action for
services and for breach of contract should be

lev R. Co., 717.

362(3) (N.Y.App.Div.) Allegations denying
matters of public record in foreign jurisdiction
held improperly stricken as sham.-Schubach v.
Moyses, 102.

365(1)(N.Y.Sup.) Motion to strike out
must be made within 20 days from service.-
Colucci v. Lehigh Valley R. Co., 717.

367 (5) (N.Y.App.Div.) Motion to make al-
legations more definite and certain, by giving
dates and places of loans, properly granted.-
Schubach v. Moyses, 102.

INDEX-DIGEST

For cases in Dec.Dig. & Am.Dig. Key-No.Series & Indexes see same topic and KEY-NUMBER
XIII. DEFECTS AND OBJECTIONS, WAIV- would be liable held sufficient.-Jamison v.
ER, AND AIDER BY VERDICT
Lamborn, 113.
OR JUDGMENT.

78(4) (N.Y.App.Div.) Presumption that
employee has performed duty overcome by al-
legations that he applied employer's money to See Municipal Corporations, 366-489.
own use.-Ehrich v. Andrews, 65.

34 (N.Y.Sup.) Quo warranto proceeding to
review determination of canvassing board
189 (1) (N.Y.App.Div.) Complaint alleging brought in name of state and not petitioner.—
facts under which either of two defendants In re Barrett, 20.

202 NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT

V. RIGHT OF WAY AND OTHER INTER-
ESTS IN LAND.

76 (N.Y.App.Div.) Right to lay tracks on street involves property right, and also right to diminish public use of street.-People ex rel. Lehigh Valley R. Co. v. State Tax Commission, 310.

VII. SALES, LEASES, TRAFFIC CON-
TRACTS, AND CONSOLIDATION.

123 (N.Y.Sup.) Lease and modification approved by two-thirds of stock held binding.Peabody v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co., 287.

Parties to lease may waive unanimous consent of stockholders to modification.-Id.

Powers of directors to lease 'cannot be revoked by stockholders.-Id.

Lease requiring unanimous consent of stockholders to reduction of rent illegal.-Id.

131 (N.Y.Sup.) Public policy as respects

leasing of railroad embodied in statute.-Pea- See Vendor and Purchaser.

body v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co., 287.

133(4) (N.Y.Sup.) Guaranty of dividends I. REQUISITES AND VALIDITY OF CONby lessee held based on direct guaranty rather than on lease.-Peabody v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co., 287.

26 (N.Y.Sup.) Lessor's negligence in signing lease imputable to grantee.-154 West Four-152 (N.Y.App.Div.) Shipping instructions teenth Street Co. v. D. A. Schulte, Inc., 737.

condition precedent to seller's duty to deliver.
-Sarachen & Rosenthal v. Wilson & Co., 591.
153 (N.Y.App.Div.) Refusal to receive fur-
Rosenthal v. Wilson & Co., 591.
ther shipments waives tender.-Sarachen &

to tender goods.-Id.
In absence of shipping instructions, no duty

45(1) (N.Y.Sup.) Proof of fraud or mistake must be clear and convincing.-154 West Four-153 (N.Y.Sup.) No valid tender of goods in teenth Street Co. v. D. A. Schulte, Inc., 737. 45(9) (N.Y.Sup.) Evidence held to show buyer as owner.-Robinson v. All-Lite Sales warehouse, warehouseman not acknowledging lease embodied agreement of parties.-154 West Co., 260.

INDEX-DIGEST

For cases in Dec.Dig. & Am.Dig. Key-No.Series & Indexes see same topic and KEY-NUMBER

States

161 (N.Y.Sup.) Delivery to steamship line to stevedores; "seaman."-Martis v. Union
held sufficient.-Frank E. Childs & Bro. v. Transport Co., 56.
Adolph Hirsch & Co., 226.
29(5) (N.Y.Sup.) State courts, though not

161 (N.Y.Sup.) Seller held not liable for in district where injured seamen's employer re-
carrier's failure to divert shipment as request- sides or has place of business, not deprived of
ed by buyer.-Armour & Co. v. Wood & Selick, jurisdiction.-Bennett v. Connelly, 568.

275.

173 (N.Y.App.Div.) Buyers, by mailing
government permit to ship, held to make mail

SEPARATION.

their agent, and not agent of sellers.-Robinson See Husband and Wife, 278, 279.
v. Liebman, 645.

174 (N.Y.App.Div.) Buyer's failure to ex-
tend letter of credit held material breach, ex-
cusing seller.-Shirai v. Blum, 540.

SET-OFF AND COUNTERCLAIM.

II. SUBJECT-MATTER.

181(1) (N.Y.Sup.) Seller has burden of 34 (3) (N.Y.Sup.) Counterclaim, in which
proving tender of goods.-Robinson v. All-Lite word "converted" was used, held proper.-W. &
Sales Co., 260.
S. Job & Co. v. Sanders, 752.

181(11) (N.Y.App.Div.) Giving shipping in-41 (N.Y.Sup.) Debt due from broker to
structions, acceptance thereof, and delivery of defendant's partner not deductible from pur-
goods sufficient basis for finding of waiver of chase price.-Ungar v. Frisch, 367.
time provision.-Sarachen & Rosenthal v. Wil-
son & Co., 591.

SHIPPING.

I. REGULATION IN GENERAL.

32 [New, vol. 8A Key-No. Series]

(N.Y.Sup.) Emergency Fleet Corpora-
tion held liable for injury to employee of ship-
ping company operating its vessel.-Shea v. U.
S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corpora-
tion, 809.

Where no cause of action against shipping
company, there was no cause of action against
its successor.-Id.

V. LIABILITIES OF VESSELS AND OWN-
ERS IN GENERAL.

80 (N. Y. App. Div.) Ship's appliances not
warranted as seaworthy.-Tammis v. Panama
R. Co., 230.

Shipowner, supplying customary type of en-
gine in good repair, discharges duty in that re-
spect.-Id.
SLANDER.

See Libel and Slander.

SPECIAL LAWS.

See Statutes, 101.

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE.

I. NATURE AND GROUNDS OF REMEDY IN
GENERAL.

VIII. REMEDIES OF BUYER.
(C) Actions for Breach of Contract.
10(1) (N.Y.Sup.) Granted, with abate-
417 (N.Y.App.Div.) Evidence held to war-
ment for deficiency, where vendor unable to
rant finding that goods could not be elsewhere perform.-Clark v. Merinsky, 273.
purchased.-Acunto v. Schmidt-Dauber Co., 1.10(2) (N.Y.Sup.) Directed against vendor,

417 (N.Y.App.Div.) Verdict for buyer held
against weight of evidence.-Becker v. Arn-
staedt & Co., 627.

with abatement of purchase price for dower in-
terest.-Feldman v. Lisansky, 79.

10(2) (N.Y.Sup.) Abatement allowed for
value of inchoate dower only, and not for value

418(15) (N.Y.App.Div.) Loss of profits
held measure of damages, there being no mark- of consummate dower.-Kupferberg v. Beatty,
et in which goods obtainable.-Acunto
Schmidt-Dauber Co., 1.

V.

(D) Actions and Counterclaims for Breach
of Warranty.

441(2) (N.Y.App.Div.) Finding that sell-
ers warranted color of silk held against weight
of evidence.-Schnitzer v. Lang, 530.

SEAMEN.

3 (N.Y.Sup.) Action for injury while in
foreign port governed by law of flag.-Bennett
v. Connelly, 568.

29(3) (N.Y.App.Div.) Fellow servant rule
not abrogated by Merchant Marine Act as

712.

19 (N.Y.App.Div.) Decree not prevented
by contract with another party having notice of
plaintiff's contract.-Baker v. Carlson, 224.

II. CONTRACTS ENFORCEABLE.
53 (N.Y.Sup.) Vendee held entitled to as-
sume description in contract included entire
lot.-Clark v. Merinsky, 273.

STATES.

I. POLITICAL STATUS AND RELATIONS.
12(2) (N.Y.Sup.) Boundaries of New York
and New Jersey held middle of Hudson river.-
Sullivan v. Booth & Flinn, 807.

States

202 NEW YORK SUPPLEMENT

III. PROPERTY, CONTRACTS, AND LIA-
BILITIES.

108 (N.Y.Ct.Cl.) Contract held to prevent
contractor from recovering from unreasonable
delays. Mack v. State, 344.

Contractor cannot recover for reasonable
delay.-Id.

V. CLAIMS AGAINST STATE.

STATUTES CONSTRUED.

CONSTITUTION.

Art. 1, § 1-202 N. Y. S. 401.
Art. 1, § 6-202 N. Y. S. 149.
Art. 2, 1-141 N. E. 907, 236 N. Y. 437; 202
N. Y. S. 91.

Art. 2, § 5-202 N. Y. S. 401.

Art. 2, § 6-141 N. E. 907, 236 N. Y. 437;
202 N. Y. S. 20, 401.

178 (N.Y.App.Div.) Conveyance of canal
lands on condition of release of claims against Art. 3, § 18-202 N. Y. S. 401,
state held not to vitiate transaction as an "au-Art. 3, § 19-202 N. Y. S. 244.
dit," within provision of Constitution against Art. 4, § 8-202 N. Y. S. 243.
audit of claims by Legislature.-People's Gas & Art. 5, § 9-202 N. Y. S. 3, 745.
Electric Co. v. City of Oswego, 243.
Art. 7, § 7-202 N. Y. S. 582.
Art. 10, § 2-202 N. Y. S. 401.
Art. 10, § 3-202 N. Y. S. 745.

STATUTE OF FRAUDS.

See Frauds, Statute of.

VI. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION.
(A) General Rules of Construction.
181 (2) (N.Y.Mun.Ct.) Act of bad faith not
imputed to Legislature by doubtful construc-
tion.-Building Co. of Cohen Bros. v. Levy, 181.
225 (N.Y.Mun.Ct.) Construction which will
give effect to different statutes on same sub-
ject favored.-Arcutel Realty Corporation v.
Ruskin, 635.

2254 (N.Y.) Acts enacted by same Legis-
lature, to take effect on same day, reconciled
if possible. People ex rel. Chadbourne v. Voor-
his, 236 N. Y. 437, 141 N. E. 907.

Legislative intent controls where contempo-
raneous statutes on same subject-matter con-
tain minor inconsistencies.-Id.

230 (N.Y.) Amendment of subdivision
theretofore incorporated in another subdivision
affects latter.-American Bank v. Goss, 236 N.
Y. 488. 142 N. E. 156.

Code Civil Procedure regarded as single stat-
ute in determining effect of amendment of sec-
tions incorporated in other sections.-Id.

(B) Particular Classes of Statutes.
245 (N.Y.App.Div.) Doubts resolved in tax-
payer's favor.-People ex rel. Vernon Metal &
Produce Co. v. Law, 554.

CIVIL PRACTICE ACT.
(Laws 1920, ch. 925.)

§ 7, subsec. 8-202 N. Y. S. 601.

§ 182-202 N. Y. S. 236.

$ 192-202 N. Y. S. 256.

§ 193-202 N. Y. S. 890.

193, subsec. 2. Amended by Laws 1923, ch.
250-202 N. Y. S. 81.

§§ 207, 208-202 N. Y. S. 586.
§ 211-202 N. Y. S. 401.
§ 213-202 N. Y. S. 113.

241-202 N. Y. S. 401.
265-202 N. Y. S. 63, 754.
266-202 N. Y. S. 620, 752.
288-202 N. Y. S. 193.

§§ 290, 292-202 N. Y. S. 30..
296-202 N. Y. S. 805.
303-202 N. Y. S. 193.
324-202 N. Y. S. 30.

347-202 N. Y. S. 364.

350-202 N. Y. S. 599.
353-202 N. Y. S. 364.
$$ 458, 459-202 N. Y. S. 398.
$612-202 N. Y. S. 99.

§§ 716-748-202 N. Y. S. 584.
$990-202 N. Y. S. 601.

88 1135, 1139-202 N. Y. S. 96.
$8 1132-1146-202 N. Y. S. 620.

1161-202 N. Y. S. 543.
1169-202 N. Y. S. 586.
1208-202 N. Y. S. 135.
1259-202 N. Y. S. 416.
$$ 1283-1312-202 N. Y. S. 700.
§ 1284-202 N. Y. S. 7.

1357-202 N. Y. S. 586.
1374-202 N. Y. S. 703.
1410, subsec. 1a-202 N. Y. S. 181.
§ 1410, subsec. 1a.

Amended by Laws 1922,
ch. 663-202 N. Y. S. 635.
§ 1411, subsec. 4-202 N. Y. S. 601.
§ 1412-202 N. Y. S. 601.

8 1434-141 N. E. 917, 236 N. Y. 465; 202 N.
Y. S. 263.
§ 1444-141 N. E. 917, 236 N. Y. 465.
$ 1492-202 N. Y. S. 586.
1504-202 N. Y. S. 325.

§ 1577-142 N. E. 156, 236 N. Y. 488.

RULES OF CIVIL PRACTICE,
Rule 40-202 N. Y. S. 586.
Rule 102-202 N. Y. S. 164, 256.
Rule 70-202 N. Y. S. 121.
Rules, 103, 105-202 N. Y. S. 717.
Rule 106-202 N. Y. S. 164, 256, 401.
Rule 112-202 N. Y. S. 232, 256.
Rule 113-202 N. Y. S. 232, 301.
Rule 140-202 N. Y. S. 30.
Rule 146-202 N. Y. S. 791, 792.
Rule 234-202 N. Y. S. 325.