Ripley v. Jaussen — 61 N.Y. St. Rep. 121

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Anna J. Ripley, Resp’t, v. Virginia Jaussen, App’lt.

(New York Common Pleas, General Term,

Filed August 1, 1894.)

Headnote

Appeal— Reversal.

To authorize a reversal, the error must have operated preiudiciallv to the appellant.

Appeal from a final order of the district court in the city of Hew York for the eighth judicial district.

J. F. Higgins, for app’lt; W. W. Foster, for resp’t.

Error merely does not suffice to support an appeal. To authorize a reversal the error must have operated preju

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dieially to the appellant. No possible prejudice here resulted from the judgment rendered, for it merely accomplished what appellant was concededly willing to have occur at the time of the trial.

The order must be affirmed, with costs.