97 N.Y.S. 943 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1906
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff and defendant were copartners, engaged in buying and selling real estate in the city of Hew York under a contract filed in the office of the register of the. county of Hew York ; that certain real property described in the complaint was purchased by the plaintiff and defendant for their joint benefit; that by certain fake and fraudulent representations made by the defendant the plaintiff was induced to convey to the defendant the plaintiff’s undivided half interest in the property so purchased; that the defendant had contracted for a sale of, said property, and the plaintiff demands judgment that the deed of conveyance of the plaintiff’s undivided half interest in the property to the defendant be vacated and set aside and the parties restored to the same position that they occupied before the making and delivery of the conveyance'.
It is evident that the judgment demanded, by the plaintiff will, if granted, restore to him an undivided half interest in the property described. While it would appear from the affidavits submitted on this motion that it is doubtful whether the plaintiff could succeed in establishing his cause of action, he has the right to have that question determined upon the trial and not upon affidavits. A deposit of money in court or the giving of an undertaking by the
We think that in this case, as the judgment demanded by the plaintiff, if granted Upon the trial, would be something more than the recovery of a-sum of money, the notice of pendency of action was improperly canceled, and the order appealed from should be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the -motion denied, with -ten dollars costs, -
' O’Brien, P. J., Patterson, Laughlin and Clarke, JJ., concurred.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied, with ten dollars costs'.- Order filed.