MORGENSTERN v. COHON


2 N.Y.2d 302 (1957)

Frank N. Morgenstern, Respondent, v. Morris Cohon, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Schwarz, Jr., Adolph Kaufman and Lester Samuels for appellant.

Maxwell Wyckoff and George L. Livingston for respondent.

DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE, JJ., concur.


CONWAY, Ch. J.

This case comes to us by leave of the Appellate Division, First Department, which affirmed, by a divided court, an order of the Supreme Court, New York County, striking defendant's first affirmative defense for insufficiency. It will be helpful if we have the complaint and answer before us.

The plaintiff in his complaint alleges the following:

"I. On or about March 10, 1953 the...

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